Though a man and woman accused of scheming to embezzle nearly $2.8 million from the San Mateo Woodlake Condominium Association between 2007 and 2013 have been convicted of felony embezzlement, they will wait until later this summer to learn their fate after sentencing hearings scheduled for this week were continued, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Former HOA manager Susan Lambert, 67, and co-conspirator Michael Medeiros, 61, are next expected to appear in court Aug. 14 and Sept. 14, respectively, for sentencing hearings, according to prosecutors. Having pleaded no contest to felony embezzlement and felony forgery and admitted she stole more than $100,000 in September of 2016, Lambert faces three years, four months in state prison. Because she agreed to testify in Medeiros’ trial — which ended May 11 when a jury found him guilty of felony embezzlement and felony grand theft, a judge chose to delay Lambert’s sentencing until Medeiros’ trial was adjudicated, according to prosecutors.
Now facing a sentence of eight years, eight months in state prison, Medeiros was immediately remanded into custody on no bail when his trial ended, according to prosecutors.
It’s been nearly five years since residents of the condominium homeowners’ association were tipped off about a possible embezzlement scheme and nearly three years since Lambert was first taken into custody after a two-year investigation of records used to siphon funds from the 990-unit complex at Peninsula Avenue and Delaware Street.
Lambert was the manager of the HOA when she issued nearly 150 false invoices for property improvement work that was never done. Medeiros, then 58, owned a painting company and would cash checks and split the money with Lambert, according to prosecutors.
In November of 2016, Lambert was released from jail on her own recognizance, according to prosecutors.
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