A Shelton woman faces federal fraud charges for allegedly embezzling about $700,000 from her employer over a seven-year period, federal prosecutors announced.
Pamela Aguilar, 65, was indicted by a federal grand jury in New Haven on five counts of fraud stemming from an alleged embezzlement scheme at Danbury-based MaxQ Technologies Inc., where she was chief financial officer.
U.S. Attorney David X. Sullivan and P.J. O’Brien, special agent in charge of the FBI’s New Haven Division, announced the indictment Monday.
According to court documents, Aguilar allegedly defrauded the software company between 2018 and 2025 through various methods, including unauthorized ACH and wire transfers to personal bank accounts, writing checks and making cash withdrawals from company accounts, and making PayPal and credit card payments for her own benefit.
Authorities allege Aguilar attempted to conceal the theft by providing false weekly cash reports and false monthly financial statements to MaxQ’s chief executive officer.
The indictment was returned Oct. 15. Aguilar appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria E. Garcia in New Haven on Oct. 22, where she pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on a $50,000 bond.
The FBI is investigating the case.
