Former CFO and accountant of Silverwood convicted of embezzlement

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

Silverwood Theme Park’s former top financial official has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the amusement park over a 10-year period. Former Chief Financial Officer Christopher A. Wyatt also was ordered during his sentencing Tuesday to pay more than $160,000 in restitution.

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I always wonder how someone can steal from the company, especially over a long period of time, and think they’ll get away with it.

Well, we have no idea how many CFO's successfully embezzled and were never caught, so...

Hobbes: "What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do?"
Calvin: "If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun."

RCMAC said:
I always wonder how someone can steal from the company, especially over a long period of time, and think they’ll get away with it.

It's really not that hard to do. But with the right controls and auditing, you're usually caught. There's a reason my wife's job requires them to take a week-long PTO each year.

No, stealing is not hard to do.
Avoiding detection over the long run, is.
I’ve seen it happen in every job I’ve ever had, starting with food service at Cedar Point.

You've stolen at every job you've had?

sshhh! dammit...

I know that I try to steal as much air as possible at my job.

It’s like taking a penny from the tray at 7-11, only it’s really a fraction of that penny, from a much bigger tray, a couple a million times.

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