Woman Gets Five Years in Federal Prison for Embezzling $2.7M from Lubbock Law Firm

Emily Ann Anderson, a former accounting manager at a Lubbock law firm, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for conducting fraudulent transactions that resulted in the embezzlement of over $2.7 million. 

From 2018 to 2024, Anderson employed fraudulent disbursements, inflated bonus payments, and unauthorized credit card charges to embezzle the firm, according to court records.

The larceny was discovered in May 2024 when the firm was informed of suspicious payments to a fictitious consulting group that Anderson had established. 

A forensic accounting firm subsequently discovered multiple schemes, including $38,177 in unauthorized Amazon purchases and more than $270,000 in fraudulent bonus increases between 2022 and 2024.

Anderson was obligated to pay $2,743,542.56 in restitution and will be on supervised release for five years after serving her prison sentence. 

She is also obligated to surrender to federal detention by April 17, 2025, and is recommended to serve her sentence at FPC Bryan in Texas.

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