RICHMOND, Va. β A former business manager at a Richmond-area Catholic school has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $240,000 over a three-year period.
Court documents show that Shannel Peoples-Hilliard used a school credit card to pay for personal expenses such as trips, jewelry and her rent.
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Trips, rent, and Usher: Woman charged with embezzling $240,000 from school
Peoples-Hilliard worked for All Saints Catholic School on Richmond's Northside, a private school serving middle-income minority families and underprivileged students.
She pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud on Thursday, Sept. 4.
Federal investigators claim she falsified the school's bank reconciliation reports.
Peoples-Hilliard has been ordered to pay back $239,000 in restitution.
She will be sentenced on the 22nd.
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