Woman charged with $700,000 embezzlement at Addison County business
by Mike Donoghue, News Correspondent, Vermont Business Magazine A Bristol woman is facing 19 federal felony fraud and tax charges in connection with a more than $700,000 embezzlement from an Addison County wood-logging and wood-chipping company, court records show. Jodi R Lathrop, 53, of Rounds Road is charged with seven counts of wire fraud and four counts each of mail fraud, tax evasion and aiding in the preparation of false corporate income tax returns for Claire Lathrop Band Mill Inc, doing business as Lathrop Forest Products, the federal indictment said. Bristol Police began the initial investigation, which showed Lathrop unlawfully took $712,244 between April 1, 2015 and May 31, 2020 from the family-owned business, according to a court affidavit by Police Chief Bruce Nason.