Christina Ann Mobley was sentenced on July 22 to 20 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to defrauding her former employer, a construction company in Fortuna, California. United States District Judge Charles R. Breyer delivered the sentence in San Francisco.
Mobley, age 59, was indicted on February 5, 2025, with multiple counts of mail fraud and wire fraud. According to the indictment, Mobley worked as the business manager for the Fortuna construction company and assumed accounting duties when the bookkeeper retired. She managed bank accounts, checks, and payroll systems for the business. The indictment alleges that she used this access to steal more than $500,000 from her employer.
On December 10, 2025, Mobley pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud under Title 18 U.S.C. §1341 and two counts of wire fraud under Title 18 U.S.C. §1343. Mobley admitted that she directed checks from the company’s bank account to pay her personal credit cards for expenses such as casino cash advances and travel; issued electronic payments from company funds to her personal credit cards; wrote checks from the company payable to herself—including repayment of her car loan—and inflated vacation time, work hours, and bonuses in payroll records, resulting in excessive payments between January 2022 and November 2024.
United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian and FBI Special Agent in Charge Scott Schelble made the announcement regarding sentencing. In addition to prison time, Judge Breyer ordered a three-year period of supervised release for Mobley as well as restitution totaling $586,000. She is required to self-surrender to federal authorities within ninety days.
Assistant United States Attorney Kevin Barry is prosecuting this case following an FBI investigation.
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