Prosecutor: Employee Charged with Stealing $100K from Employer

An area entertainment company employee has been charged with stealing nearly $100,000 from her company, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Saturday.

Dina M. Mulleano, 49, of Brick Township, has been charged with second-degree theft by deception.

The case background …

An investigation by the MCPO Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Bureau was initiated earlier this year, following receipt of information that Mulleano had allegedly been creating false payroll direct deposits while working in her capacity as the human resources manager of the victim company.

A review of bank and payroll records revealed that from June 2021 to October 2022, Mulleano made approximately 70 such transfers from the payroll system to her bank account, while fraudulently crediting the pay to more than two dozen different employees. In all, the theft amounted to more than $95,000.

Mulleano was served the charges against her via summons earlier this week, pending future proceedings in Monmouth County Superior Court. An initial appearance has been tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

Anyone with further information about this defendant’s activities is being asked to contact MCPO Detective Robert Afanasewicz at 800-533-7443.

— Edited press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office