Ex-AID Official Given Term in Embezzlement
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WASHINGTON — A former Agency for International Development financial officer who admitted embezzling $1.37 million was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson ordered William J. Burns, 48, to begin serving his sentence immediately. Under a 1984 sentencing law, he cannot be paroled before serving the full five-year term.
The embezzlement scheme, which Burns told prosecutors began in 1980, began to unravel late last year when AID investigators discovered that he lived in a lavishly furnished, $300,000 home. His annual salary was $35,108.
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