Insurance agent charged with embezzlement - The Business Review (Albany):

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Maria Elna Flora, 59, of Sacrament o allegedly tookabout $350,000 from her insurancew customers for what she said were high-interest real estatre investments. Instead, she used the moneyh for nearly daily slot machine sessions at Thunder Valleg Casinonear Lincoln, according to a release from the officd of Attorney General Jerry Brown. From January 2005 through August 2007, she convinced at leastr 10 ofher clients, who range in age from 67 to 92, to transfeer money from their insurance policies and savings accounts to her. In most cases, she would make a few interesf payments and thenstop paying, according to the release.
The case was investigatedc by the Yolo County districg attorney andthe . Victims came from at leastt six Northern California counties to invest in herponzj scheme. The victims reside in Butte, El Sacramento, Solano, Stanislaus and Yolo counties.