Missoula Woman Charged With Embezzling and Money Laundering [DOCUMENT]

A Missoula woman, 40 year-old Tanya Marie Hill, is in the Missoula County Jail charged with felony theft by embezzlement and felony money laundering for allegedly stealing more than $10,000 from the 4-B's Holding Corporation.

According to court documents, the Missoula County Sheriff's Office began an investigation in December of 2013 of the theft of bank deposits from 4-B's Holding Corporation allegedly committed by employee Tanya Maria Hill. Reported deposits of more that $37,000 were prepared by Hill, but never deposited, and some records were altered or forged.

Much of Hill's income was being seized or garnished by creditors in the summer of 2013, and in order to qualify for a bank mortgage, Hill allegedly asked two other individuals to participate in a money laundering scheme involving more than $9,000. Hill told investigators that the $9,000 had come from tips she earned at the restaurant, however, supervisors and fellow employees said there was no way she could have earned that amount in tips during that period.

After she failed to qualify for the bank loan, Hill allegedly used the $9,000 to purchase a snowmobile, a car for her daughter, gifts and other living expenses.

Hill was placed in the Missoula County jail on Monday afternoon on $5,000 bond. She will make an appearance in Missoula Justice Court on Tuesday afternoon.