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A erstwhile Yute Commuter Service business head is facing criminal charges for allegedly embezzling much than $200,000 successful institution funds, astir 4 years aft he was named successful a civil suit seeking damages for nan aforesaid alleged theft.

Forty-year-old Nathan McCabe faces 4 counts of strategy to defraud and 1 count of first-degree theft, each people B felonies carrying a maximum condemnation of 10 years.

A property merchandise from nan Alaska Department of Law alleges McCabe defrauded Bethel businesses Yute Commuter Service and Riverside Apartments retired of much than $200,000 complete a play of respective months.

According to a May 14 indictment, nan alleged crimes occurred astatine immoderate constituent betwixt early 2019 and summertime 2020, erstwhile McCabe was straight progressive successful nan operations of some nan Bethel-based commuter aerial work and nan flat building.

The charges screen a wide scope of unauthorized payments utilizing institution accounts, including individual expenses, ligament payments for 2 motorbikes, and salary raises and bonuses McCabe allegedly gave to himself.

According to nan overlapping civilian title brought against McCabe successful 2020, McCabe was hired arsenic adjunct business head astatine Yute Commuter Service successful February 2019 and became business head later that year.

Two different defendants, McCabe’s woman and maternal cousin, are named successful nan civilian suit, though neither look to beryllium facing criminal charges astatine this point.

McCabe is scheduled to beryllium arraigned successful Bethel Superior Court connected May 21, and a proceedings could commencement arsenic soon arsenic July 9.