Aguanga woman accused of embezzling nearly $6 million may change plea

VISTA - A change of plea may be in the works in the case of a Riverside County woman accused of embezzling nearly $6 million from her San Marcos employer, a prosecutor indicated today.

Elizabeth Ann Masters, 45, is charged with several felonies, including embezzlement by an employee, grand theft, theft by false pretenses, forgery and willfully filing a false tax return, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department's online jail records.

The defendant's preliminary hearing was scheduled for today, but the proceeding was postponed while her attorney talks to her about a possible change...