Mequon man accused of embezzling more than $130000 from Franklin roofing business – South Now

Bank surveillance image of Dan Neuendorf.(Photo: Submitted)

FRANKLIN - AMequon manis still on the run from police after being charged withstealing more than $130,000 from a Franklin roofing business.

Awarrant was issued on March 28 in Milwaukee countyfor DanNeuendorf, 58. Prior to the date the warrant was issued, Mequon police saidNeuendorfhad abandonedhis home and was on the run, according to the criminal complaint.

Neuendorfis currently charged with one count of theft ina business settingand four counts of fraudulent writings, all felony charges. If convicted on all charges, he faces a maximum sentence of 34 years in prison and fines up to $65,000.

Neuendorfhad previously been employed as a bookkeeper and data entry person with the Franklin roofing company, where he was responsible for entering accounting information on a business software system. According to the complaint, Neuendorf had access to a number of blank checks that another employee would routinely "pre-sign".

Neuendorfallegedlyused this as an opportunity to write out checks to himself and cash them without the other employee's knowledge.

Police have bank recordsshowing Neuendorfcashed particular company checks at a bank in Glendale in 2016 and 2017.The Franklin company's records show thatNeuendorfaccessed their account software system the same day hecashedthese checks and edited the line items in the system to show a different payee.

During investigation, Franklin police were able toidentify 22 checks made payable toNeuendorfthat the company saidhe was notauthorized to cash. These checks totaled $131,867.

Police found more than 50 additional checks withNeuendorf'sname on them that appeared to be suspicious, but at the time the complaint was filed the checks were not confirmed to be fraudulent. These checks totaled an additional $51,260.

Court records show thatNeuendorfhad previously been accused of similar crimes.

According to those records,Neuendorfwas charged in1993withtheft byvirtueofemploymentandwas charged againin 2002withtheft in a business setting. In both cases,Neuendorfplead no contest.

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