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A former president of Pleasanton American Little League was arrested Thursday morning after police allege he stole more than $20,000 from the league’s accounts, using some of the money to pay for a family trip to Southern California.
Jeremy Lee Cardera, 35, of Pleasanton was booked into the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on felony charges of embezzlement and passing a bad check, according to Pleasanton police Sgt. Kurt Schlehuber.
Police began their investigation in late December after receiving reports of $20,708.91 being taken from Pleasanton American Little League financial accounts, with then-president Cardera being identified as the culprit, Schlehuber said.
According to the sergeant, when league representatives confronted Cardera about the suspicious financial transactions, he quickly resigned as league president and later attempted to repay the league by writing a personal check from an account that had insufficient funds to cover the payment.
Police allege Cardera paid for a family vacation to Southern California by using money stolen from the league’s bank accounts. Schlehuber said investigators verified the trip through bank statements, hotel reservation records and photographs posted to social media.
According to Schlehuber, investigators also found that Cardera made cash withdrawals at an ATM and inside banks, and a majority of the withdrawals from Pleasanton American Little League accounts occurred on the same day he deposited money into his personal bank account.
In most cases, the amount taken from the league account matched the amount deposited into Cardera’s account, the sergeant added.
Pleasanton police took Cardera into custody on an arrest warrant early Thursday morning, booking him into the county jail around 8:15 a.m. with bail set at $20,000, according to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office website.
He is scheduled to be arraigned in court Friday morning, according to the sheriff’s website.
So sad. How we forfeit our integrity for the little pleasures of life.
Financial safeguards should have been in place to prevent one single person from being able to access league funds. I’m sure there will be now, or more stringent measures will be put in place. Such a shame for the kids.
INTEGRITY??????
Oh my gosh, there is such a concept here and abouts?
Would that that were true!!
Dont often find integrity working in the world despite what is said.
More often then not, it’s greed, stealth, avarice which drives the hearts of many!!!
This doesn’t surprise me. Happens all the time. It’s a trust issue, not integraty. Morals, karma.. what a piece of crap. of course the kids suffer more since their funds are gone & they are now “tainted.”
The are 2 words to succinctly describe Cardera…..and those 2 words are these…..pond scum. How low can you go.
I hope this guy does time in State prison. JRM you got it right – pond scum!
The lowest of the low.