BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office arrested a woman on Thursday after she allegedly issued over $200,000 in fraudulent payroll payments.nbsp;According to arrest records, on March 25, the Financial Crimes Division began investigating a complaint by a local towing company accu sing 58-year-old Barbara Michot of issuing fraudulent payroll payments to four people not employed by the company.nbsp;The discovery of the alleged payments came after Michot, who had been working as the accounting manager for the company, resigned from her position on Feb. 27.nbsp;The company allegedly claimed to recognize three of the individuals receiving these payments as Michot's family members and the fourth as an associate of Michot.nbsp;According to arrest records, an audit of the payroll accounting revealed that from Oct. 13, 2022, to Feb. 13, 2025, Michot allegedly processed a total of over $200,000 in fraudulent payroll payments.nbsp;Bank records allegedly showed that once the payroll payments were deposited into one of the four accounts, a Zelle transfer would send the money directly to Michot's personal bank account.nbsp;Michot was arrested on several charges, including illegal transmission of monetary funds and theft over $25,000.nbsp;Permalink| Comments ...read more read less