NORFOLK, Va. - Marian Lewis, 49, of Courtland, was sentenced today to 28 months in prison for mail fraud and ordered to pay $176,780 in restitution.
Lewis pleaded guilty on Nov. 12, 2015, to five counts of mail fraud. According to evidence presented and court documents, Lewis was employed as a book keeper at a non-profit retirement community in Franklin. Over the course of at least four years, Lewis routinely used the retirement community’s credit cards to purchase items for her own personal use, such as a TV, computer, digital cameras and tools. She also used the credit cards, along with over $130,000 in cash that she stole from the retirement community, to make home improvements, such as redoing her kitchen and building a deck around a pool at her residence in Courtland. In total, Lewis is responsible with stealing over $176,780 from the retirement community.
Dana J. Boente, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Colonel W. Steven Flaherty, Superintendent of Virginia State Police; Douglas Mease, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service Richmond Office; and George Purefoy, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service Norfolk Office, made the announcement after sentencing by Chief U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Elizabeth Yusi and Kevin Hudson prosecuted the case.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No. 2:15-cr-64.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
