Jennifer Winningham Edwards, 59, now of Rockford, Michigan, pleaded guilty to charges she embezzled nearly $214,000 from the Delaware County Housing Authority (DCHA) in Indiana where she had served as executive director. Edwards is also reportedly a longtime Democrat Party operative and community activist. As part of the plea agreement, Edwards must make full restitution in the amount of $213,936. Edwards headed up the DCHA as well as the Middletown Gardens housing complex from 1997 until last year, when a state audit revealed her alleged scheme. Authorities allege that between May 2004 and November 2008, Edwards prepared bogus invoices that reflected work done for the DCHA by a legitimate firm, then deposited the resulting housing authority checks, totaling $176,790, into her personal bank account. She is further alleged to have received invoices from the companies that renovated and furnished her Mount Pleasant Township home, then altered those invoices to instead reflect the work had been done on DCHA properties, receiving an additional $37,146.
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Update (5/6/10): Edwards was sentenced to 54 months on probation with the first year under house arrest.
Pretty light sentence IMHO...
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Obviously somebody bought a judge.
The best justice money can buy! And these federal judge bozos keep their seat forever. It's like a license to print money.
Light especially considering the time period the stealing was happening and he fact it was still occurring up until she got caught
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