Bookkeeper expected to plead guilty in $700k theft

A bookkeeper is expected to plead guilty in connection with the theft of more than $700,000 from a Bethesda-based national nonprofit organization and from the retirement funds of her colleagues.

Kymberli Rand, an accountant with the Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Rand was charged by information Wednesday, which typically is an indication that a plea deal is in the works because the charge can’t be filed without the defendant’s permission.