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Tonya Topel, a 40-year-old North Kansas City woman, pleaded guilty to embezzling $277,000 from the Construction Benefits Audit Corp.
CBAC is a nonprofit that conducts employer audits of union contracts to ensure that employers are making proper payments into fringe benefit plans. Topel managed audits and staff, and presented ongoing audits, earning a salary of $68,000 a year. She also handled expense payments.
Topel admitted to conducting four embezzlement schemes:
She created false invoices for…