The former co-treasurer of the Livonia City Soccer Club pled guilty Friday in Wayne County Circuit Court to one count of embezzlement over $20,000.
Brian Patrick Molloy of Farmington also paid $87,000 restitution to the court on Friday as part of the sentence agreement. That agreement included that $87,000, due by the sentencing date of Feb. 9, two years probation, and all other fines, conditions, costs and terms imposed by Circuit Judge James Chylinski at the sentencing.
Molloy, 40, was arraigned Oct. 4 on a charge he embezzled more than $100,000 from the soccer club,
Prosecutors confirmed the sentencing agreement was reached, but did not issue any statement or comment Friday.
Robert Morad, Molloy’s attorney, was reached Friday by telephone, but didn’t want to comment on the case until the sentencing.
Livonia police could not be reached for comment Friday.
The embezzlement was discovered when club officials found suspicious activity involving bank accounts, discovered as part of a routine examination of club bank statements.
Club officers contacted bank authorities, who in turn alerted their fraud prevention unit. At that time, club officials said they worked closely with police and fraud investigators and added safeguards to prevent “this type of regrettable incident from ever happening again.”
On Friday, LCSC spokesman Joe Bauman issued the following statement:
“The Livonia City Soccer Club is very pleased and relieved to have this most unfortunate chapter in our history behind us. We are very thankful to our attorney, Paul Bernier of the Flood Lanctot Connor & Stablein law firm, Independent Bank, the Livonia Police Department and the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office in bringing this matter to a successful conclusion.
“All along, our top priority has been to get the funds that were wrongfully taken from our players and their families returned to the club, and today’s court action has accomplished that goal. We support the terms of the agreement
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