Woman accused of stealing over $110K from Forsgren's stores in American Samoa

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The woman accused of stealing more than $110,000 from her former employer told investigators that she used the money to make her car payments, pay bills, give to her church, and pay for a family trip to Australia.

Jennifer Atafua was arrested last Thursday, pursuant to an arrest warrant from the court, which accompanied the affidavit of support and the complaint filed against her by the government.

She made her initial appearance in District Court last Friday. She was represented by private attorney Marcellus T. Uiagalelei, while prosecuting the case was Assistant Attorney General Christy Dunn.

Atafua is charged with stealing and embezzlement, both class C felonies, punishable by up to seven years in jail, a $5,000 fine, or both.

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