Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives have arrested an Oak View woman for over $750,000 in fraud. Detectives began their investigation in February of 2025, when an organic food supplement business in the 500-block of Maple Avenue reported suspected embezzlement.
Through their investigation, detectives learned that the suspect, 53-year-old Angela Elizabeth Phillips, was an employee at the business and had committed over $48,000 in credit card fraud and embezzled over $705,000 in under 4 years.
Deputies also learned that Phillips had previous similar cases.
On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives along with Ventura County Sheriff’s detectives arrested Phillips in the 11000-block of N. Ventura Avenue in Ojai.
Phillips was booked at the Main Jail for felonies including embezzlement, aggravate white-collar fraud, and false impersonation. She is being held on $800,000 bail.
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Pretty sure this was Sun Potion in Carp, they sell supplements. Really sad to see this much money stolen from a small local business. Hope they can recover most of it.
Its very unfortunate
No – there’s several businesses there – Sun Potion is new to the area – she’s a pro in embezzling, this is her second company she has stolen from.
If she was caught and convicted on the first crime, I wonder why the second business hired her for a similar position? No background check???
That’s horrible!