Pro skateboarder's CFO allegedly embezzled funds.
November 16, 2009, 3:19 PM
By: Josh Brooks
White collar crime is still crime, so when it was reported last Friday that Ryan Sheckler's OC Register on Friday.
Mercuro is charged with two felony counts of grand theft and is currently being held in jail with bond set at $400,000. Mercuro, who had been a friend of the Sheckler family for almost ten years, had transferred funds from the companies to personal accounts of his wife and a friend.
Mercuro's arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday and could face up to six years and eight months in state prison.
Speaking to Ryan Sheckler's agent today, Steve Astephen, from the Wasserman Media Group, he said, "It just shows that if you're a crook, you'll get caught." Astephan added, "It's not so much about the money for Ryan. The reason he [Mecuro] was hired was that he was a family friend. So, Ryan's mostly upset that it was a friend that would embezzle his money...It just goes to show you can't trust anyone these days." When asked what the next step was, Astephen said Ryan and his lawyers plan to prosecute him to the full extent of the law and recoup the money that was stolen.
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