YAVAPAI COUNTY, Ariz. — A Camp Verde woman is facing theft charges after she was recently connected to two fraud cases in Yavapai County.
The sheriff's office said Marylee Moore, 49, is suspected of defrauding $14,000 from an insulation contractor she had worked for in Cornville.
During the investigation into that case, YCSO connected Moore to a separate case from years earlier involving one of her former employers.
Moore had reportedly been fired from her position as store manager of Ernie's Smoke Shop in Camp Verde after she allegedly defrauded $307,000 from the business, the sheriff's office said.
“This type of crime is unacceptable, and I’m proud of our deputies and detectives who worked diligently to solve not only one case, but two," Sheriff David Rhodes said in a statement.
Moore is facing charges of fraud, theft, forgery and identity theft.
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“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
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Maricopa County is the United States’ 4th largest county in terms of population with 4,485,414 people, according to the 2020 Census.
The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.
The county was named after the Maricopa, or Piipaash, Native American Tribe.
