A Waterville woman pleaded guilty in federal court in Bangor to wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank said Oct. 30, in a news release.

According to court records, from December 2014 through October 2019, Beth Bing, 49, made unauthorized use of her employer’s corporate credit cards, and used fraudulent interstate communications via telephone and email in furtherance of the scheme.

Bing faces up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine. She will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office. 

The FBI and the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.

On Nov. 2, Assistant United States Attorney Chris Ruge filed an organizational disclosure statement allowing that Unity College, in Unity, had been a victim of the offense alleged in the Information in this case.

The amount of money involved was not specified.