Crystina Renee Bock Pleads Guilty to Stealing $200,000 From Church


Clockwork in September brought you the case against Crystina Renee Bock, the former financial secretary at Compass Bible Church in Aliso Viejo then facing trial for stealing more
thanĀ $200,000 from the weekly offerings made by CBC congregants.

The 34-year-old Ladera Ranch resident pleaded guilty to 62 felony counts of grand theft with
sentencing enhancement and allegations for aggravated white collar
crime exceeding $100,000 and losses over $100,000.

At Bock's May 7 sentencing at the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach, she is expected to receive five years in state
prison and an order to pay more than $200,000 in restitution.

Considering the charges against Bock, she could have received 45
years and eight months in the klink.

The Orange County District Attorney Office's case against Bock follows after the jump . . .
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Beginning June 1, 2005,
Bock worked part-time as CBC's financial secretary and assisted with
accounting for offerings and payments made to CBC by congregants. Bock
prepared the church's deposits each week, updated the electronic
financial records, and sent contribution statements to the congregants
documenting their donations for tax purposes.

Between June 2005
and September 2008, Bock is accused of taking over 440 congregants'
donation checks and depositing them into her personal account. Bock is
accused of writing her personal account number on the back of CBC
checks before making the deposits. The defendant is also accused of
altering the church's financial records to make the contribution
statements reflect the congregants' contributions for that year.

In
September 2008, the church's financial supervisors contacted the Orange
County Sheriff's Department after learning that a $1,000 donation check
had been cashed but was not deposited into the CBC account, as recorded
by Bock.

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