Burnsville Woman Charged with Swindling $183,000 from Eagan Company
Laura Michelle Schwartz, charged with 10 felony counts of theft by swindle, was arrested Thursday in Burnsville.
A Burnsville woman was arrested this past week on a warrant charging her with swindling more than $180,000 from an Eagan company where she worked as a clerk. Laura Michelle Schwartz, 36, is charged with 10 felony counts of theft by swindle. One of the counts carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $100,000 fine; eight counts have a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine, and the 10th count has a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Schwartz was arrested Thursday and made her first court appearance Friday. She remained in the Dakota County Jail on a $50,000 bond Saturday night, with an omnibus hearing scheduled for Oct. 2 in Dakota County District Court in Hastings. According to the …
