Former Embezzling Bookkeeper Sentenced

A Mashpee woman was sentenced in federal court in Boston late Friday, December 17 after being convicted of embezzling more than $100,000 from her former employer, the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, according to a release by the Justice Department.

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf sentenced Armine E. Sabatini,  46, to pay restitution of $144,975 and spend up to 12 months and a day in prison with three years of supervised release.

Sabatini pled guilty to two counts of embezzlement and two counts of wire fraud on August 23, 2010, the release stated.

The prosecutor told the court between 2001 and 2009, Sabatini was able to pull off the fraud by creating fake Steamship Authority customer names and refunding credits to them. She wired Steamship Authority funds approximately 380 times to debit and credit accounts she controlled for an approximate total of $145,000, the release said.

"United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Special Agent in Charge Richard DesLauriers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Boston Field Division made the announcement on  Monday. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan M. DiSantis of Ortiz's Economic Crimes Unit," the release said.