Sumter woman gets prison for embezzling $7 million
SUMTER — A Sumter woman who embezzled $7 million from her job to buy vehicles, boats, land and jewelry was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in federal prison, authorities said.
Angela Timmons, 45, must pay back the money she stole from Peace Textile, where she worked as an account manager and finance director from 1997 through 2006, U.S. Attorney Reggie Lloyd said in a news release.
Along with spending 70 months in prison, Timmons must also transfer to the company around $2.8 million in cash and personal property she bought with the money she stole, Lloyd said.
Timmons' attorney, Chip McMillan, did not immediately return a phone call after business hours Tuesday.
Timmons used the money she took from 2003 to 2006 to buy at least 19 pieces of property in Sumter County.
She also bought 44 vehicles, including a Porsche, two Mercedes, three Hummers, a BMW, a Jaguar, a Corvette and an all-terrain vehicle; 22 watercraft including boats, boat motors, trailers and personal watercraft; more than $700,000 in jewelry; golf carts; a tanning bed; and a camper, according to a lawsuit against her filed by Peace Textile.
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