Former Charity Official Gets Jail Term for Embezzlement
September 8, 2006
A former senior accountant at the Paralyzed Veterans of America was sentenced to 16 months in prison and three years of supervised release for stealing more than $180,000 from the group, reports The Associated Press.
She had entered a guilty plea in June, according to a Department of Justice press release.
The accountant, Delores K. Compton, will also have to repay the money she stole.
