A 69-year-old Grand Prairie woman who worked as a bookkeeper for a Waxahachie couple faces charges for embezzling $1.2 million from them, officials said.
Nancy Black was indicted Sept. 15 on charges of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas said in a news release on Thursday.
Black began working for the couple in the early 2000s. From at least 2018 to 2024, she allegedly stole from the couple by forging checks made payable to herself, paying off her credit card bills using the victims’ bank accounts and withdrawing cash from an account she was assigned to close more than 10 years ago, according to the release.
“Stealing more than a million dollars from a family who relied on you is a profound breach of trust and betrayal of the highest magnitude,” U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould said in the release. “Crimes like this don’t just drain bank accounts; they upend lives and inflict lasting hardship. My office will pursue anyone who targets vulnerable populations and weaponizes trust to commit fraud and identity theft.”
IRS Criminal Investigation investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Ignacio Perez de la Cruz is leading the prosecution, the release stated.
“For years Black allegedly lived a life of financial deception, stealing money and the identity of the family she worked for as a bookkeeper. Financial crimes like this one significantly and horribly impact everyday people. There are always victims,” Special Agent in Charge Christopher J. Altemus, of IRS Criminal Investigation’s Texas Field Office said in the release.
“Our special agents are law enforcement officers who are experts in solving financial crimes. Working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, we are driven to hold these types of alleged criminals accountable.”
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