Waterford Woman Admits Theft from Addiction and Mental Health Services Nonprofit

CT 2026 Behavioral Health
OIG Embezzlement
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Waterford Woman Admits Theft from Addiction and Mental Health Services Nonprofit — Criminal

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Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MICHELE DEVINE, 50, of Waterford, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to a fraud offense in connection with her embezzlement from the Southeastern Regional Action Council on Substance Abuse, Inc. (“SERAC”), where she was employed as its executive director.

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