The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office announced Thursday morning that it has filed multiple theft charges in two separate
white-collar crime cases, one involving an Indianapolis attorney accused of stealing nearly $600,000.
Stacy H. Sheedy, a local lawyer and accountant, has been charged with three counts of theft and one count of forgery following
an extensive investigation that found $596,000 missing from two accounts.
Prosecutors were alerted last year to a possible theft from a guardianship account supporting an elderly woman diagnosed
with Alzheimer’s disease and residing in a nursing home. Investigators found several unauthorized transfers and withdrawals,
including checks Sheedy wrote to herself and to her business totaling more than $170,000, prosecutors said.
Sheedy received responsibility for the guardianship account in June 2010 and was removed in April 2011. Prosecutors allege
she made at least 32 unauthorized withdrawals in a six-month span.
Information discovered during that investigation led investigators to also examine her role as trustee of a family trust,
for which Sheedy had served since November 2007.
The trust account, valued at $501,000 when Sheedy became trustee, now has a value of just $168, prosecutors said. They allege
that she made unauthorized withdrawals of more than $400,000.
Combined, Sheedy is charged with five counts of theft and two counts of forgery.
In the other case, prosecutors charged Cheryl Dillon-Britt with 14 counts of theft for allegedly stealing more than $200,000
from the foundation of Alpha Tau Omega, a national collegiate fraternity headquartered in Indianapolis.
As the foundation’s director of programs and services, Dillon-Britt used her position to issue checks to friends and
family members and then deposited the funds into accounts she co-owned with the individuals, according to the charges.
Prosecutors said none of the individuals was aware of her activities and will not be charged.

















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