Jennifer K. Lelle-Merlos, 45, of Nantucket, Massachusetts, was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to charges she embezzled more than $300,000 from Murray's Toggery Shop, a local clothing store where she had been employed as a bookkeeper. Lelle-Merlos plead guilty to one felony count of larceny greater than $250. She had an additional year and a half prison sentence suspended, but most pay restitution in the amount of $304,000. Lelle-Merlos, a 20 year employee of the store, reportedly wrote numerous unauthorized company checks to herself and others for her own benefit. The scheme spanned at least 2 years.
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