FBI Arrests Woman Accused of Stealing $400,000 from Los Alamitos Business

Federal authorities arrested an Arkansas woman accused of stealing nearly $400,000 from a Los Alamitos business for whom she was employed.

The arrest came Thursday following an indictment by a federal grand jury of Julianna James England, 45. According to the indictment, England committed mail fraud to steal from Callan Western Sales for several years until the 31-year-old family business had to close in 2007 amid financial troubles.

The Orange County Register is reporting that the England is the sister of reality TV star and former Surfside resident Jesse James. If convicted, she faces up to 60 years in prison.

England was arrested Thursday in her home in Searcy, AR, by FBI agents. She is charged with three counts of fraud. England allegedly began stealing from the company where she worked as a clerical administrator in 2000 and continued to do so until the sporting goods company closed in 2007. During the course of her work, she was given access to company checks and registers and online accounts. According to the grand jury indictment, England wrote checks to herself and disguised the payments by writing the names of legitimate vendors on company check stubs. She is also accused of using the company’s online accounts to pay her credit card bills.

At the time of the alleged thefts, England lived in Stanton. Callan Western Sales was a family-owned business that operated between 1976 and 2007. The alleged fraud wasn’t discovered until after the business closed and the owners began receiving received credit card statements with charges such as airline tickets for England’s family members. The company owners reported the matter to the Los Alamitos Police Department, which investigated the case with the help of the FBI.

England is still in Arkansas and will appear in United States District Court on Friday in Little Rock. However, she will be prosecuted by the U.S. attorney in Orange County, according to Laura Eimiller, FBI spokeswoman.