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SANTA ANA, CALIF.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Courtroom\"A federal judge sentenced a Corona woman, who embezzled more than $500,000 from her employer to 27 months in federal prison.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney also ordered Kristina Hosea, 46, of Corona, \u00a0to pay $515,619 in restitution, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hosea pleaded guilty in 2015 to one count of wire fraud and admitted that she stole money from her employer, Advanced Real Estate Services, Inc. or ARES, where she worked as the assistant to the president, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThis defendant stole funds for years to pay for rent, her cars, a retirement account and a quinceanera<\/i> for her daughter,\u201d said United States Attorney Eileen M. Decker. \u201cBusinesses place trust in their employees who handle their finances, and crimes like this defendant\u2019s harm the business and all of the business\u2019 employees.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 According to court documents, Hosea was responsible for reviewing and approving invoices, as well as preparing checks to be signed by the company president. She was also provided a company credit card to be used only for business purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From at least September 2008 and through May 2014, Hosea knowingly defraud ARES by wire company funds to her personal bank account and cashing at least 100 ARES checks made payable to her and others for non-business expenses. She also used company credit cards to make purchases unrelated to the company\u2019s business.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In order to conceal her actions and avoid detection, Hosea altered and modified bank and credit card statements, created phony invoices and deleted records of checks from the company\u2019s computers, court documents indicate.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe defendant supplemented her income with stolen company funds and became accustomed to living beyond her means by regularly defrauding her employer,\u201d said Deirdre Fike, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI\u2019s Los Angeles Field Office. \u201cUltimately, the greed which led to her criminal actions came under scrutiny and she will pay for her crime behind bars and through court-ordered restitution.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Judge Carney ordered the defendant to begin serving her prison sentence by Feb. 21.<\/span><\/p>\n

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