Charlotte bookkeeper sentenced to prison for embezzling $1.6 million

CHARLOTTE — A bookkeeper was sentenced to 40 months in prison for embezzling $1.6 million from two small businesses.

From 2016 to 2022, Marc Weiss defrauded two Mooresville, N.C. small businesses by accessing the companies’ financial accounts. He made more than 100 transfers from the companies to his own bank accounts, according to court documents.

Weiss documented the transfers to his accounts as expenses to existing vendors. This included payments to a software development company, and advertising and marketing expenses, according to court documents.

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According to court records, he used the money he embezzled to pay rent to a luxury uptown apartment, buy an Audi and a Mercedes-Benz, shop at luxury stores, and stay at luxury hotels.

Weiss pleaded guilty to wire fraud in October 2023.

The U.S. Attorney’s office announced on Monday that Weiss will be sent to a federal prison and be ordered to pay restitution of $1,644,235.77.

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