03-04-2025
Massachusetts woman sentenced for wire fraud from two employers
DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WWLP) – A woman from Dartmouth was sentenced to prison in connection with embezzling money from multiple employers.
According to the Department of Justice in Boston, 42-year-old Jasmyne Botelho allegedly stole at least $280,000 from her employer between September 2017 and April 2020. To hide her scheme, Botelho falsified her employer's books and records to make it appear that payments had been sent to vendors rather than to Botelho.
She also allegedly inflated her payroll from another employer by more than $160,000 between May 2022 and December 2023. To hide this scheme, she manipulated her employer's payroll and accounting software to hide her inflated payroll as well as phony 'reimbursements' she paid herself.
Botelho pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and was sentenced to 20 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay restitution and forfeiture orders of $443,122.59.
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