A bookkeeper for an Iowa trucking company, identified only as being located in Traer, Iowa, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for embezzling more than $450,000. Leann Marie Rouse, 51, pleaded guilty to mail fraud in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Two other charges from her original indictment were dismissed as part of the plea agreement. The trucking company was not named in legal documents but was noted as being in Traer, Iowa, approximately 60 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids. In the March 2023 indictment, Rouse's employer was referred to as Company 1. The embezzlement allegedly began in 2015 and continued until at least August 20, 2020. According to the indictment, Rouse issued unauthorized checks from her employer's bank account, either depositing the funds into her personal account or taking them as cash. The U.S. attorney's office stated the total amount stolen was $453,672.68. The indictment also indicated that Rouse managed to avoid detection for five years by issuing the checks in her own name and then manipulating the company's financial accounting software to reflect legitimate transactions.