Payroll Worker Accused of Stealing $1.2 Million From Small Firm

Federal prosecutors say a former payroll worker stole $1.2 million dollars from the small Washington, D.C., law firm where she was employed. Tamika Beasley allegedly used her access to the checking account of James E. Brown & Associates to transfer money into several of her own bank accounts, and hid her activity by making fake entries in the firm's payroll records listing the transfers as loans. Name partner James Brown said the theft has reduced his firm to seven lawyers from a high of thirteen.