PROVIDENCE – Grant Devillez, a former accounts payable clerk at a small city business, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of wire fraud Monday at U.S. District Court in Providence.
Devillez, 38, of Dayville, Conn., admitted he engaged in a scheme to defraud the business by misappropriating more than $300,000 for his personal use.
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From at least February 2016 through July 2018, Devillez admitted he engaged in a scheme to defraud Décor Craft, Inc., of approximately $302,000, by misappropriating funds from the business’ bank accounts and transferring those funds to his own personal bank accounts, to his creditors to pay personal bills, and to the bank account of another person in Massachusetts.
Devillez admitted that he was given access to the Décor Craft, Inc. bank account to make authorized payments to vendors. He admitted that, instead of making those payments, he would either make a partial payment to the vendors, or no payment at all, and would transfer the remaining funds for his own use. Afterwards, he altered company records to reflect that full payment had been made to vendors.
No plea agreement was filed. Sentencing is scheduled for April 29.
