Nonprofit's Accountant Sentenced for Theft of $180,000 of Funds
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Thursday, September 17, 2009; 5:27 PM
A federal judge sentenced a former accountant for a District-based nonprofit group to 18 months in prison Thursday for stealing almost $180,000 from the organization.
Wendy Mansfield cried as U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly announced the sentence in the District's federal court. The judge also ordered Mansfield to pay a $25,961 fine.
Prosecutors said Mansfield, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud, put $176,000 in personal expenses on a credit card for the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
She used the card to purchase clothes and pay cellphone bills. Mansfield also gambled much of it away -- spending more than $24,000 at casinos, prosecutors said. Mansfield reached a $150,000 settlement with an insurance company that picked up the loss. She has paid off that amount, court records show.
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