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TAYLORSVILLE — A Taylorsville woman is facing more than 100 felony charges accusing her of stealing nearly $100,000 from the rental management company she worked for, mainly by taking rent checks from tenants and depositing them into her own account or cashing them for herself.

Malisha Alei Fasavalu, 34, was charged Monday in 3rd District Court with theft by deception and communications fraud, second-degree felonies; and 102 counts of possession of a forgery device, a third-degree felony.

In January, Fasavalu was fired from her job at Real Property Management and "was found to have checks owed to the company in her possession on the day of her termination," according to charging documents.

The company then initiated an audit and uncovered that "Fasavalu

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