JUDGE HIKES BAIL, SETS SENTENCING DATE FOR SCAMMER

A Suffolk Superior Court judge yesterday found a Westborough woman guilty of bilking her former employer out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, raised her bail, and placed her on a GPS monitoring device pending a sentencing hearing next week, District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

Judge Peter Lauriat yesterday found CYNTHIA GOLDBERG (D.O.B. 11/13/62), a.k.a. CYNTHIA KUSSY, a.k.a. CYNTHIA McDONNELL, guilty of 10 counts of larceny over $250 and five counts of making false entry into corporate books. After delivering the verdict, Lauriat raised Goldberg’s bail from the $25,000 she had posted to $35,000 and ordered that she wear a GPS monitoring device if she posts that amount prior to sentencing.

Assistant District Attorney David Bradley of Conley’s Major Felony Bureau introduced evidence and testimony during the 11-day bench trial to prove that Goldberg systematically embezzled more than $600,000 from her employer, an environmental engineering company in Brighton, before she was fired in 2007.

Receipts introduced in court showed that she spent the stolen funds at PETCO, Victoria’s Secret, Banana Republic, the Ritz Carlton hotel, and area tanning salons. Receipts also showed charges to limousine companies in Medway and out of state, as well as almost $650 in Massachusetts Turnpike Fast Lane violations.

Goldberg’s employer discovered the thefts when some vendors complained of non-payment for services and other financial anomalies came to light. The case was investigated by Boston Police detectives assigned to Conley’s Special Investigations Unit who retrieved and examined sheaves of accounting records to build the case.

Goldberg was represented by attorney Thomas Freda. She will be sentenced on Oct. 7 at 2:00 in courtroom 906 of Suffolk Superior Court.