Accountant pleads guilty in embezzlement scheme

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A National Consumers League accountant pleaded admitted this week that she orchestrated a scheme to embezzle more than $200,000 from the organization.

Carolyn Mitchell, 47, pleaded guilty to a charge of forging securities. Prosecutors said she deposited checks from donors to NCL and checks from the District-based organization to its vendors into her own bank account.

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