Tucker woman gets jail time for embezzling - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federakl prison for embezzling morethan $139,000 from a charitablre organization where she was assistant treasurer. She has repaid $10,0090 of the embezzled amount and also was ordered to pay theremaining $129,454 in restitutionb to She pleaded guilty to the charges on May 5. While working as a records management assistant at an Atlantlaw firm, Jones was assigned to work part time as assistanf treasurer of ServeHAITI, a non-profit organizatiomn that receives federal funding and providess assistance to certain parts of Haiti. ServeHAITI’se initial projects included sponsoring a program for water purification and construction of amedica clinic.
In 2006, ServeHAITI got a three-year awarsd of about $1.2 millioj funded by under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS to provide HIV-related education and prevention servicesin Haiti. ServeHAITo also receives private contributions. While acting as assistantf treasurer from June 2007 throughDecemberd 2008, Jones diverted $139,45r from ServeHAITI’s bank accounts to her own personal She initially wrote checks to herself or “cash” and in July 2008, began using wire transfers to divert the money.
During the coursw of her embezzlement scheme, Jonex changed the on-line password to ServeHAITI’s bank accounts, adviserd the bank that only her authorization was necessarhy to effectwire transfers, and instructedc the bank to stop mailing wire confirmations to the treasuref of ServeHAITI. Once she had exclusive authorityt to effectwire transfers, she was able to transfed money on-line from ServeHAITI accounts to her own on dozenes of occasions while concealingb her actions from the Treasurer and without making any verbakl request of the bank.
Jones used the embezzledd money to buya car, and other personal items for herself, and to take a trip to Las