Elk Grove Real Estate Agent Pleads ‘No Contest’ on Embezzlement Charges

Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully announced today that Carmina McGivern and Sean McGivern pled no contest to five felony charges of grand theft. Carmina McGivern, 32, and her husband Sean McGivern, 31, admitted that they embezzled over $66,000 from two victims between March and August 2009.

How they scammed victims 

In March 2009, the victims hired real estate agent Carmina McGivern to assist in their purchase of a residence in Elk Grove. The victims opened an escrow account for the purchase.

Over the next five months, the McGiverns falsely claimed that the sale would not be approved unless the victims paid additional monies into the escrow account. The victims complied with the McGiverns’ requests and paid over $66,000 for deposit into the escrow

account, but the McGiverns kept the monies for themselves.

In August 2009, the McGiverns used the victims’ personal identification information without their knowledge in an unsuccessful attempt to get a $66,000 bank loan. Carmina McGivern and Sean McGivern each face up to two years in state prison.

Sentencing is scheduled for August 9 at 8:30 am in Department 63 of the Sacramento Superior Court