Former Marriott employee pleads guilty in fraud

Shannon Harp, 38, a former resident of Metairie, pleaded guilty to wire fraud today in federal court.
Harp, former director of finance for the Marriott, concocted a scheme that allowed her to steal more than $2 million over four years from New Orleans' Marriott hotels, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
She allegedly began stealing money that was supposed to be used to make change at bars, shops and restaurants in three hotels -- the Marriott on Canal Street, the J.W. Marriott, also on Canal, and the Marriott on Convention Center Boulevard, in 2003

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