BOSTON — A Dartmouth woman was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Boston for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from two different employers.
Jasmyne Botelho, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 20 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Botelho was also ordered to pay restitution and forfeiture orders of $443,122.59.
In September 2024, Botelho pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud, according to a press release. Botelho was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2024.
A Dartmouth woman was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Boston for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from two different employers.
Alleged to have stolen $450,000 from 2 employers
Between September 2017 and April 2020, Botelho stole at least $280,000 from one employer. Specifically, Botelho directed payments purportedly intended for the company’s vendors to bank accounts she controlled, and used company funds to make payments on personal credit cards and an auto loan, according to the release.
To hide her scheme, Botelho falsified the employer’s books and records to make it appear as though the payments had been sent to legitimate vendors rather than to Botelho.
Between May 2022 and December 2023, Botelho improperly inflated her payroll from a second employer by more than $160,000. She concealed her scheme by manipulating this employer’s payroll and accounting software to hide her inflated payroll and the phony “reimbursements” she paid herself.
U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley and Jodi Cohen, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Division, made the announcement Tuesday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristen A. Kearney of the Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit prosecuted the case.
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