Rathdrum Woman Faces Fraud Charge

A Rathdrum woman was arrested Monday on suspicion of embezzling more than $450,000 from a Post Falls doctor’s office. Yolanda M. Williams, 36, is charged with grand theft and forgery for allegedly making fraudulent online transfers from the bank account of Post Falls Family Medicine into her personal bank account, Post Falls police said. Williams, who worked as an office manager, began making withdrawals from the business accounts as far back as July 2003. The thefts were discovered Oct. 5, when management at the practice noticed funds were missing. Williams is accused of altering bookkeeping records to erroneously show payments were made to various vendors, when they were not/ Meghann M. Cuniff , Sirens & Gavels. More here .