A Maine woman has been sentenced to More than a year in federal prison for stealing from her employer and spending thousands on personal purchases, entertainment and dining, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine announced Tuesday.
Christine Bangs, 64, of Buxton, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland on Tuesday to a year plus a day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Bangs was also ordered to pay over $535,000 in restitution to her former employer, and $70,000 to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for filing a false tax return in 2020.
In court records, prosecutors alleged that from March 2014 to June 2021, Bangs used her position as an operations manager to gain access to her employer’s credit card, bank accounts and payroll in order to pay for her own expenses and entertainment.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, Bangs used a corporate credit card to make nearly $200,000 in personal purchases, including about $12,000 for tickets to a New England Patriots game, and $176,000 variously on entertainment, tickets and dining.
Bangs also stole an additional $255,645 from her employer by making over 200 wire transfers over the seven year period.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office stated that they do not identify the victims of crime, and will not be identifying Bang’s former employer.
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People must be very lackadaisical with their finances to allow themselves to be cheated for 7 years like this sad case. There’s no way any sane judge could expect the $535,000 restitution order will ever be paid – unless the guilty operations manager can get another job cheating the next employer….
Over half a million and only one year??? 7yrs to 1, not that bad since she now gets free room and board and plenty of rest time. As for restitution, good luck with that.
What about the the 85,000 childern the government paid NGO have sent around the countryside never to be seen again.