Gay & Robinson accounting clerk charged with stealing $280,000

A woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Kauai Circuit Court to charges of stealing $280,000 from Gay & Robinson Co. from April 2004 to December 2008.

Leilanie Coma Valenciano, who was an accounting clerk for the company, is charged with nine counts of first-degree theft and 228 counts of falsifying business records.

Valenciano is scheduled for trial before Circuit Judge Kathleen Watanabe on Oct. 3.

First-degree theft is a Class B felony and carries a maximum of $25,000 fine and 10 years in prison on each count. Falsifying business records is a misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum of $2,000 fine and up to one year in prison on each count.