WASHINGTON – Sophia Kim, the former Treasurer and Comptroller for the Universal Ballet Foundation, which operated the Kirov Academy of Ballet, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for embezzling more than $1.5 million from the organization.

The announcement was made by Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division Wayne A. Jacobs.

Kim, a/k/a “Sophia Kim Sebold” and “Sookyeong Kim Sebold,” pleaded guilty in May 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a charge of bank fraud. She was sentenced by the Honorable Rudolph Contreras. In addition to the prison term, Kim 60, of Temple Hills, Md., was ordered to pay more than $1.5 million in restitution and an identical amount in a forfeiture money judgment. Following completion of her prison term, she will be placed on four years of supervised release.

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