WASHINGTON – Aurelia Stanton, 39, of Baltimore, Maryland, and formerly of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty today to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from her former employer, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division Wayne A. Jacobs.

Stanton pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to one count of bank fraud. The Honorable Trevor N. McFadden scheduled her sentencing for Dec. 10, 2021. Under federal sentencing guidelines, she faces a likely range of 27 to 46 months in prison, as well as financial penalties. She also has agreed to pay about $233,000 in restitution. She also has agreed to pay an identical amount in a forfeiture money judgment.

To continue reading the rest of the article, please click on the source link below:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/maryland-woman-pleads-guilty-bank-fraud