Charleston, WV Misty Brotherton-Tanner of Charleston entered a guilty plea in federal court to two felony counts of wire fraud and one felony count of money laundering. She faces up to 50 years in prison, a $750,000 fine and three years of supervised release when she is sentenced on July 15, 2021. Brotherton-Tanner has also agreed to pay restitution in the amount of $537,173.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Misty Brotherton-Tanner provided bookkeeping and accounting services for several local businesses in the Charleston area. From at least 2014 until 2020, Misty Brotherton-Tanner devised a scheme to defraud these businesses. Brotherton-Tanner would electronically transfer money and move the electronic transactions between accounts in such a way so as to hide her fraud under the guise of legitimate transactions Brotherton-Tanner was not permitted to pay herself from these business accounts. Brotherton-Tanner s fraud included listing herself as an emplo
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) A West Virginia woman has pleaded guilty in a wire fraud scheme. Lois Brotherton, 65, of Charleston, entered the plea in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire.