A New Boston woman who was charged with stealing more than $2 million from her employer pleaded guilty to three counts of embezzlement – $100,000 or more and one count of forgery in the Third Circuit Court in Wayne County, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Wednesday.
Susan O’Hara, 56, of New Boston, was charged with eight felonies in August in connection with the embezzlement of more than $2 million from General RV Center in Wixom. She had been scheduled for a jury trial in January, but accepted a plea on Jan. 13, online court records indicate.
In addition to the charges she pleaded to, O’Hara had faced two additional forgery charges, identity theft and using a computer to commit a crime; those counts were dismissed as part of the plea.
O’Hara, according to the Michigan AG’s office, used access to company systems and client information to issue checks to a person whose identity she then assumed. She then cashed those checks.
“Businesses in our state rely upon their employees to not exploit their positions of trust and access to customer information for their own fraudulent enrichment,” Nessel said in the release. “I appreciate the investigative efforts of the Wixom Police Department, and the collaboration between my office and theirs that lead to accountability in this significant theft.”
O’Hara will appear before Judge Darnella Williams-Claybourne for sentencing on March 20, 2026. O’Hara was initially freed on a $100,000 personal recognizance bond with conditions such as wearing a GPS tether, surrendering her passport and having no contact with the victim. The bond was continued after the plea, online court records indicate.
The Wixom Police Department investigated the case and referred the matter to Nessel’s office.
The release did not say how the theft was discovered or how long it went on.
Jalen Williams is a trending reporter at the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at jawilliams1@freepress.com.
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