HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A Hendersonville man is facing two charges related to embezzling thousands of dollars from a bail bond vendor in Western North Carolina and then converting hundred of dollars more from a bond vendor in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, for his own use.
According to the Henderson County Sheriff's Office, 54-year-old Robert Jeffery Burns of Hendersonville is facing two felony charges in the offenses which reportedly happened in February of last year.
Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Burns of embezzling $3,412.50 from Queen Bail Bonds, a bond vendor that covers WNC and the Cherokee area.
Deputies also say Burns converted more than $400 in bonds owned by Palmetto Surety Corporation for his own use. Henderson County deputies arrested Burns on Jan. 3, and he was given a $4,000 secured bond.