CHARLOTTE, N.C. —Β Β A former Cherryville employee has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling city funds.
The U.S. Attorney’s office said Thursday that 36-year-old Jennifer Neal Hoyle pleaded guilty to three felony charges of program fraud.Β
A federal judge ordered Hoyle to serve three years of supervised release after completing her sentence and to pay $92,922.55 as restitution. She had faced maximums of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count.Β
Court documents say the former utility supervisor embezzled the money by stealing cash payments made by customers paying their bills. Authorities say Hoyle then deleted the transaction from the computer system.Β
In January 2013, prosecutors said Hoyle and former Cherryville finance director Bonny Verley Alexander had agreed to plead guilty.
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