Embezzled funds must be repaid
From Times Wire Reports
A bookkeeper pleaded guilty to embezzling $6.9 million to pay for such things as a ranch in Vermont, a life-size statue of Al Capone and a private performance by singer Burt Bacharach, federal authorities said. Angela Buckborough Platt, 43, pocketed the money over six years while an accountant for J & J Materials Corp. in Rehoboth, federal prosecutors said. Under the plea deal, Platt must pay back all of the money and prosecutors will recommend a prison sentence.
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