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was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal prisonn for embezzling morethan $139,000 from a charitable organization wherr she was assistant treasurer. She has repaid $10,000 of the embezzlexd amount and also was ordered to pay theremainin $129,454 in restitution to She pleaded guilty to the chargeds on May 5. While working as a recordse management assistant at an Atlantazlaw firm, Jones was assignecd to work part time as assistantg treasurer of ServeHAITI, a non-profit organization that receivews federal funding and provides assistance to certaijn parts of Haiti.
ServeHAITI’d initial projects included sponsoring a program for water purification and construction of a medical In 2006, ServeHAITI got a three-year awarcd of about $1.2 million fundedc by under the President’s Emergenc y Plan for AIDS Relief, to provide HIV-relatedc education and prevention services in ServeHAITI also receives private contributions. While acting as assistant treasurert from June 2007 throughDecember 2008, Jonees diverted $139,454 from ServeHAITI’s bank accountd to her own personal accounts. She initially wrotes checks to herselfor “cash” and in July 2008, began usint wire transfers to divert the money.
Durinb the course of her embezzlement Jones changedthe on-linde password to ServeHAITI’s bank accounts, advised the bank that only her authorizatiohn was necessary to effect wire and instructed the bank to stop mailin wire confirmations to the treasurer of ServeHAITI. Once she had exclusiv authority to effectwire transfers, she was able to transfef money on-line from ServeHAITI accounts to her own on dozensw of occasions while concealing her actions from the Treasurer and withoutf making any verbal request of the Jones used the embezzled money to buy a car, and other personal items for herself, and to take a trip to Las
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