A CT man is charged with alleged $890K embezzlement. Feds say he wrote checks to himself.

A Connecticut man was charged this week with fraud offenses related to an alleged $890,000 embezzlement scheme, according to federal authorities.

Charles M. Ameer, 64, of Weston, is charged with with three counts of wire fraud stemming from an alleged embezzlement scheme, according to the Connecticut U.S. Attorney and the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

The indictment was returned by the grand jury on Nov. 8, and Ameer appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Dave Vatti in Bridgeport, where he entered a plea of not guilty, according to federal authorities.

Ameer is free on on a $500,000 bond. He was arrested on a federal criminal complaint on August 31, authorities said.

Authorities, citing both court documents and statements made in court, said Ameer was chief financial officer at Indeco North America, a “wholly owned subsidiary of Indeco Ind. S.P.A, headquartered in Milford,” from 2017 through 2022.

Then, in October 2017 Ameer allegedly “created a $40,000 check, which was drafted on Indeco’s bank account and made payable to the order of “WSC,” authorities said in a statement.

Further, Ameer then allegedly “used the check to reimburse the Weston Soccer Club, located in Weston, for funds he had previously taken from the club without its permission or authority,” authorities said in the statement.

Authorities also allege Ameer “subsequently created additional checks, in the total amount of $850,000, which were drafted on Indeco’s bank account and made payable to him. He deposited the checks into his personal bank account and used the funds for his own benefit.”

If he were convicted, Ameer would face a maximum of up to 20 years in prison on each count of wire fraud, authorities said.

The investigation was done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather Cherry, authorities said.