RICHMOND â Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton's office announced Monday that 53-year-old Angela Fae Brown pleaded guilty to 12 counts on Friday in connection with the yearslong scheme.A resident of Olivehurst in Yuba County, Brown was indicted in April on a six-count felony complaint with a special allegation of aggravated white-collar crime. Charges included identity theft, money laundering, grand theft, tax evasion and false impersonation.
'When seeking justice for victims of white-collar crimes, it's important to find effective ways to make a victim's financial loss whole again,' Becton said in a statement. 'This agreement holds the defendant accountable for the offenses and is structured for repayment of stolen funds.' According to prosecutors, Brown embezzled more than $900,000 from the business between Sep. 2017 and Nov. 2022.