Feb. 2, 2023 Former Palm Beach County FF Elizabeth Genna Suarez faces up to 20 years and a $250,000 fine.
Source Firehouse.com News
A former Palm Beach County firefighter is facing up to 20 years behind bars and a $250,000 fine after her conviction in federal court Wednesday.
Elizabeth Genna Suarez, 34, was convicted by a federal jury on three of four counts of misappropriating $158,960 from a fund for people with cystic fibrosis, WFIX reported.
Suarez was a Palm Beach County Fire Rescue firefighter and EMT from March 2019 until her resignation in November.
Documents showed she married the Piper’s Angels founder and CEO in October 2018, and had access to his personal bank accounts and the charity’s business accounts. In 2019, she joined the board and started the bookkeeping duties.
She used the funds for cosmetic surgery, car improvements and sunglasses, records showed.
The couple divorced in 2020.