Stephen Jay Carlton, the former executive director of the Peninsula Symphony, is currently facing felony charges that he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from the California orchestra, prosecutors said yesterday.
Carlton, 45, is being held in Santa Clara County jail in lieu of $350,000 bail.
He faces up to 18 years in prison if he is convicted, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. The charges against Carlton include grand theft, embezzlement, forgery, identity theft and tax evasion, all related to funds that disappeared from the Los Altos, Calif. orchestra's accounts.
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