Former Fort Collins bookkeeper pleads guilty to defrauding employer of almost $1M

FORT COLLINS — A former bookkeeper for Craig Brothers Plumbing and Heating Inc. pleaded guilty to defrauding the Larimer County company of approximately $1 million over the course of six years.

Rose Horne, 66, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud and money laundering and agreed to repay C&B a total of $982,115 as restitution, according to documents filed to the U.S. District Court of Colorado last week.

Horne was indicted in 2014, when a grand jury charged her with 17 counts of fraud. According to court records, she was accused of writing hundreds of checks from C&B’s…