By Nick Gale, WLS News
(BERWYN) A Berwyn woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $130,000 from the state.
The U.S. Attorney’s office say 42-year-old Cynthia Fernandez-Alonso used her position as a senior accountant at the Illinois Medical District Commission to direct money from the commission’s bank account to into three personal accounts.
Alonso recorded the payments in the Commission’s internal records, but attributed them as payments made to the commission’s energy provider and other vendors. Officials say Alonso carried out the scheme since 2013.
The Illinois Medical District Commission facilitates collaboration among the various medical, health and social service agencies operating within the Illinois Medical District on Chicago’s Near West Side.
The conviction carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine, plus mandatory restitution.
Sentencing has been sentenced for February 22
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