A Colchester bookkeeper will spend six months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for embezzling $413,180 from her employer, prosecutors say.
Vicki Miller, 57, was sentenced Thursday in Bridgeport federal court for transferring funds to her own accounts over a 13-month period, the Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
According to court documents and statements in court Thursday, Miller worked as a bookkeeper for Mystic’s Greylock Property Group LLC and its owner, who is listed as Brian Navarro, from June 2017 to Aug. 2018.
During that period, investigators say Miller accessed her employer’s bank accounts to embezzle $413,180 by writing checks to herself, making withdrawals at ATMS, and transferring funds to her own accounts.
Miller, who faced a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years, has been ordered to make full restitution, and to complete mental health treatment and a gambling addiction treatment programs while she is on supervised release
She was arrested in Feb. 2019, and pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud about a year ago.
Miller is free on a $50,000 bond, and required to report to prison on Jan. 5.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), with assistance from the Groton Police Department.
