DULUTH – An accountant charged with stealing nearly a quarter-million dollars from the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce pleaded not guilty to two felony theft-by-swindle charges Tuesday.
The charges say Jesse David Frye, 39, took $235,000 from the chamber through his business, Eagle Accounting, from 2017 to 2019 as part of a "criminal enterprise."
He faces a second felony theft-by-swindle charge for allegedly taking $120,000 from another client.
The crime carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years and up to $100,000 in fines.
His next court date is set for April 13.
Brooks Johnson
