Former UPS Employee Gets 7 Years for Embezzlement
January 4, 2008 – 4:06 amA former United Parcel Service supervisor who stole more than $800,000 from UPS was sentenced Thursday to 7 years in prison. Victoria Pavek, 49, of Aurora pleaded guilty to theft of more than $500,000 in October.
She was a 20-year employee of the shipping company who was working as a supervisor in the collections department in the Addison district office when the theft was discovered during an internal audit, said Assistant DuPage County State’s Atty. William Wu. Pavek is believed to have used the funds to make personal purchases, including a condo for a member of her family and a car.