Articles Tagged with Vantage Benefits Administrator

In Texas, a federal grand jury has indicted a couple accused of embezzling $14.5M dollars from the retirement plans that they oversaw. Wendy Richie and Jeffrey Richie co-own Vantage Benefits Administrator, which acted as a third party administrator for many retirement funds, including 401(K) plans. According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, the couple misappropriated money from “at least 1,000 plan participants in at least 20 employer retirement plans.”

The indictment against the couple alleges that Wendy Richie:

• Posed as a number of different beneficiaries.