PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Courier-Post
Written by
JIM WALSH
Courier-Post Staff
PHILADELPHIA — A South Jersey woman is accused of stealing more than $900,000 while working as a financial officer for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Anita Guzzardi, 42, of Barrington allegedly stole the funds from 2005 until mid-2011, the District Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia said Tuesday. Guzzardi, who joined the archdiocese in 1989, held multiple finance-related posts and was appointed chief financial officer on July 1, 2011.
Authorities said an investigation began in July 2011, when American Express contacted the DA’s office over suspicious activity with two accounts in Guzzardi’s name. Investigators learned Guzzardi allegedly used 184 checks from the archdiocese’s general fund to pay her American Express bills over almost six years. She also allegedly used 146 archdiocesan checks to pay her personal Chase credit card.
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