N.C. U.S. Attorney: Former Rutherfordton ABC Store Manager Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud and Money Laundering for Embezzling More Than $374,000
September 11, 2024
September 11, 2024
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Sept. 11 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024:
Russel Edward Hester, 72, of Rutherfordton, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf yesterday and pleaded guilty to federal charges for embezzling $374,807.10 from the Alcohol Beverage Control Board of Rutherfordton, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolin . . .
Russel Edward Hester, 72, of Rutherfordton, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf yesterday and pleaded guilty to federal charges for embezzling $374,807.10 from the Alcohol Beverage Control Board of Rutherfordton, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolin . . .