Shreveport Woman Guilty Of Embezzlement From Her Employer

NEW ORLEANS - Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that KRISTEN LEVIN a/k/a "KRISTEN CASSELS" ("LEVIN, age 42, of Shreveport, Louisiana, pleaded guilty on July 3, 2025, before U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe to wire fraud in connection with her embezzlement from her employer.

According to court documents, LEVIN created and submitted fake invoices to her employer for payment. Specifically, in October of 2020, LEVIN submitted a fake invoice via email to another employee and requested payment. The invoice generated a wire transfer of approximately $4,600 to LEVIN's personal account, unbeknownst to the employer.

Sentencing will occur on October 23, 2025. At sentencing, LEVIN faces up to twenty years in prison for the wire fraud, up to $250,000 in fines, up to three years of supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.

Acting U.S. Attorney Simpson praised the work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in investigating this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Edward J. Rivera, Katherine McHugh, both of the Financial Crimes Unit, and Sarah Dawkins, of the Violent Crimes Unit, are in charge of the prosecution.

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