Bookkeeper Stole $230K From Brookfield Business, Police Say

A 53-year-old woman who spent $1.2 million on gambling at Wisconsin casinos has been charged with embezzling more than $230,000 from the Brookfield business where we worked as a bookkeeper.

Victoria T. Boivin of Mukwonago was charged with six counts of theft – five felonies and one misdemeanor –  in Waukesha County Circuit Court on Monday. She faces up to 22-1/4 years in prison and $120,000 in fines in connection with the thefts, which occurred between 2008 and 2012.

Boivin was working at Management Research Services, 19035 W. Capitol Drive, when she wrote out checks to herself totaling $225,721.89. She created fictitious entries in the books, matching the check numbers to vendors, according to the criminal complaint.

She also totaled 45 unauthorized transactions totaling $2,329.47 on one credit card and 66 unauthorized transactions totaling $2,802.18 on a second credit card, the complaint states.

Boivin was confronted about the missing money by a financial accountant. She admitted to stealing from the business during that confrontation, the complaint states.

The Brookfield Police Department filed search warrants into her player’s cards at Potawatomi Bingo and Casino. They discovered $1.1 million was cycled through her card on the slot machines 624 times between 2008 and 2009. Her current losses are  $196,584.13, the complaint states.

The investigators also reviewed her activity at Ho-Chunk Gaming, where she had $116,062.08 cycle through her account, posting a loss of $9,921.46, the complaint states.

Boivin is not in custody and she is scheduled to appear in Waukesha County Circuit Court for an initial appearance on June 17.