RALEIGH, N.C. —North Carolina revenue officials say a bookkeeper at a Concord-based business has been arrested and accused of keeping more than $400,000 in state and county taxes for the company.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the woman also is accused of keeping more than $260,000 in income tax from employees' paychecks.
Sixty-one-year-old Barbara Butler of Harrisburg was arrested Wednesday and was charged with two counts of embezzlement of state property and one count of embezzlement by a public officer or trustee.
Butler was the secretary treasurer and bookkeeper for Butlerbuilt Motorsports Equipment, which sold customized seats and other gear for race cars. Warrants say the money was used for the company, not for Butler personally.
It was unclear if Butler has an attorney.
RALEIGH — The secretary/treasurer and bookkeeper of Butlerbuilt Motorsports Equipment, a Concord-based vendor of customized seats and other gear for race cars, was arrested Wednesday on charges that the company kept more than $400,000 in state and county sales tax and $261,000 in income tax from employees' paychecks from as far back as December 2003.
Barbara Butler, named in three arrest warrants obtained by the state Department of Revenue, was listed in those as Barbara Beard Butler and on Wake County arrest records as Barbara Jean Butler.
Butler, 61, of 8263 Addison Drive in Harrisburg, was being held in the Wake County Detention Center in lieu of $1 million bail for a first court appearance Thursday in Wake County District Court.
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