A mother and daughter were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of embezzling more than $550,000 from a Carpinteria financial services business over nearly 20 years, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.

Detectives started investigating theft from a business on the 6100 block of Carpinteria Avenue in February, sheriff’s spokesperson Raquel Zick said.

“Through their investigation, detectives learned that 63-year-old Delia Guerrero had been embezzling money from her employer as far back as 2006,” Zick said.

Detectives added that Guerrero’s daughter, Delilah Strother, 43, was also involved in the theft.

Sheriff’s detectives and Oxnard Police served an arrest warrant at the women’s home in Oxnard and took them into custody, Zick said.

Guerrero and Strother were booked at the Main Jail on suspicion of embezzlement, grand theft, conspiracy, false impersonation, and aggravated white-collar crime with a loss of over $100,000, Zick said.

As of Wednesday afternoon, both were in jail custody with bail set at $750,000 each.

No further details were available.