2013 Honda Crosstour Concept

You should almost feel sympathy with Patricia Smith, the former controller at Baierl Acura embezzled more than $ 10 million from the Pittsburgh suburb of dealers. In spite of having stolen about $ 4,000 per day, seven days a week, seven years, the automotive Smith personal ambitions extend no further than a new Honda Crosstour. Obviously, a criminal mastermind not sure tastes good.

According to Automotive News, Smith buys the necessary fleet of vehicles which are normally associated with so many dirty money, but gave them nine out of ten - including a Shelby Mustang ragtop for her husband. The 58-year-old woman buys and charter flights to Europe and the Caribbean, Super Bowl tickets, four houses and a signed first edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the report said.

Their spending spree extended to the ridiculous, as Smith paid for a VIP Mass with the Pope, the lunch provided by the Barefoot Contessa, and a dinner with Kevin Spacey. During all this wasteful spending, Smith earned a $ 53,000 annual salary, the report said. She explained to her new wealth, saying that they had invested in airline stocks, and worked as an online travel agency. But the woman was not actually caught by her employer, as one would expect. After an email from the dealer CFO questioned accounting, and then they stop their crimes at the office of U.S. attorneys shortly after known, the report said. Smith's crimes to their fourth place in a national survey of the crime of embezzlement in 2011, after one, for which she earned a 78-month prison term, which begins in July.