Bertie County Man Charged in State Tax Case

RALEIGH – A Bertie County businessman was arrested Friday on felony tax charges filed by the North Carolina Department of Revenue.

Larry Douglas Cooke, Jr., 42, of 408 E. Main Street, Aulander was charged on June 14, 2013 with two counts of Embezzlement of State Property and one count of Embezzlement of Bertie County tax.

Arrest warrants allege that Larry Douglas Cooke, Jr. aided and abetted Cooke Technology Systems, Inc. to embezzle and misapply and convert to its own use $1,516.00 in North Carolina withholding tax during the period of January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012. Additional warrants allege that Cooke aided and abetted Cooke Technology Systems, Inc. to embezzle and misapply and convert to its own use $2,738.30 in North Carolina sales tax and $1,241.60 in Bertie County tax during the period January 1, 2011 through February 28, 2013.  Cooke was the President of Cooke Technology Systems, Inc., during the period of time in question.    

Cooke appeared before a Wake County magistrate and was placed under a $30,000 bond.  A first appearance was scheduled for June 17, 2013 in Wake County District Court in Raleigh.