A 56-year-old Michigan woman is headed to prison after a massive embezzlement scheme drained more than $2 million from one of the nation’s largest family-owned RV dealerships.
On Tuesday, Judge Darnella Williams-Claybourne of the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County sentenced Susan O’Hara to a term of 30 months to 20 years behind bars.
The sentencing follows O’Hara’s January guilty plea to three counts of embezzlement exceeding $100,000 and one count of forgery. Beyond the prison time, the court ordered O’Hara to pay back exactly $2,147,858.55 in restitution to her former employer, General RV Center in Wixom.
The investigation, which began after the Wixom Police Department flagged the case for the state, revealed that O’Hara exploited her position at the company to manipulate internal systems.
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Prosecutors say she used access to client files to issue fraudulent checks to an identity she had assumed, eventually cashing them for her own use. The scheme led to formal charges by the Department of Attorney General in August 2025.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who announced the sentence, emphasized the impact such crimes have on the local economy.
“Embezzling from an employer, especially on this scale, can cripple businesses,” Nessel said. She credited the joint efforts of the Wixom Police Department and state prosecutors for securing the conviction and the multimillion-dollar restitution order.
O’Hara’s legal journey concludes a case that has been under the microscope since her arrest last summer.
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