Hauppauge Woman, 65, Indicted for $1M Embezzlement from Holbrook Business

Sharon Blinn spent nearly five years as a trusted office manager at a Holbrook business, and prosecutors say she used every one of those years to steal from it. A Suffolk County grand jury indicted the 65-year-old Hauppauge resident on March 20, accusing her of diverting more than $1 million through fraudulent payroll and vendor payments from November 2020 through August 2025.

The alleged scheme only came to light after the Holbrook company spotted financial discrepancies and alerted authorities. The Suffolk County District Attorney's financial-crimes unit then launched the investigation that ultimately produced the indictment.

District Attorney Raymond Tierney said Blinn "took advantage of her position of trust and siphoned off thousands of dollars week by week." Prosecutors say she converted routine payroll and vendor payment channels into a personal pipeline, methodically redirecting funds over the course of nearly five years before the pattern was detected.

Blinn is due back in Suffolk County Court on April 24, 2026. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.

The case echoes a February 2024 indictment in which Suffolk prosecutors charged a Bay Shore bookkeeper with embezzling more than $1 million from her employer, a case the DA's office cited as a stark example of how insider theft can devastate small businesses. Tierney's office has increasingly focused on financial crimes of this type, and the Blinn indictment signals that scrutiny of employees with access to company accounts remains a priority for the DA's financial-crimes unit.

The name of the Holbrook business has not been made public, and no defense attorney for Blinn has entered an appearance on the record.