The U.S. Attorney's Office said that after Off Road Warehouse's owner decided to sell the business, an audit revealed $744,621 went missing during suspect's.
46-year-old Carey Alice Hernandez was convicted Monday of malicious destruction of building by means of fire, witness tampering, and making false statements.
A 46-year-old bookkeeper for a company headquartered in Kearny Mesa was convicted Monday by a federal jury for intentionally setting fire to the business to cover up the disappearance of more than $700,000, prosecutors said.
Carey Alice Hernandez was found guilty of setting fire to her employer's business in 2019 and lying to investigators about being at the scene of the blaze that morning