Tulare County woman arrested at vacation home on charge of embezzling from ag business

A Tulare County woman was arrested Tuesday at her Morro Bay vacation home and later booked by deputies on charges of embezzling more than $300,000.

A spokesman for the sheriff’s office identified her as Denise Franks. She reportedly is the vice president of Best Agri Marketing in Traver.

A sheriff’s spokesman said detectives received a call in September reporting the embezzlement from the firm, and following an investigation, a warrant was served at Frank’s Tulare County home, but she was not there and was later located at the Morro Bay home.

Franks was booked into the Tulare County jail on a bail of $75,000.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call detectives at 800-808-0488 or anonymously at tcso@tipnow.com.

This story was originally published January 8, 2020 at 10:36 AM.