Forty-four-year-old Ephonia Green of Upper Marlboro was also ordered to pay restitution by liquidating her bridal shop and other properties believed obtained with the stolen funds at her sentencing Friday in U,Togo - lancement de la phase .S. District Court in D.C,Hot weather's back in the Val.
Prosecutors said Green embezzled the money while she worked at the Association of American Medical Colleges, which administers the admissions test used by medical schools.
Court documents indicated Green opened bank accounts in names that closely resembled legitimate vendors. One of the names she used, for example, was Brookings Institute - similar to the D.C. think-tank named The Brookings Institution.
Green cried as she apologized in court, saying she had heartbreak every day over the theft. But she later hid her face under a straw hat as she ran from the courthouse to a waiting car.
Attorneys for AAMC issued a statement following the sentencing that read simply: We are pleased that Ms Green has been held accountable for her crimes,ASPEN, Colo.- Some in 'tortur.