| Bookkeeper Who Stole Half a
Million Dollars From 65 Year Old
Gets 38 Months in Prison
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Feb 19 – A bookkeeper who
stole $500,000 from the
65-year-old owner of the small
business she worked for was up
for sentencing on February 18
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Analisa Torres.
Inner City Press
was there, the only media in
the courtroom:
She: I have been
in MDC Brooklyn jail for 10
months, it is tough.
Judge: The
guidelines are 46 to 57
months. She stole $500,000
from a 65-year-old small
business owner, and is seems
only $20,000 can be recovered.
I sentence you to 38 months.
Will you work toward
restitution when you get out?
She: Yes your
Honor.
The case is USA
v. Alptunaer, 1:23-cr-188
(Torres)
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