TAX EVASION SENTENCE Former Bookkeeper Headed To Prison
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Reported: Aug. 21, 2012 2:03 PM EDT
Updated: Aug. 21, 2012 2:14 PM EDT
Eyewitness News Photo
Huntington
, Cabell County
, West Virginia
A former bookkeeper has been sentenced to three years and one month in federal prison for tax evasion and ordered to pay more than $1 million.
Georgiana Ciavarello, 40, of Nitro admitted stealing $759,000 from her Charleston-based employer, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
She was responsible for drafting checks and making deposits and transfers into Quail Ridge Construction Co's bank accounts.
Ciavarello admitted she illegally negotiated employee per diem checks for cash, and failed to pay income taxes of nearly $217,000 from 2007 through 2010.
U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers ordered Ciavarello to pay more than $1 million, which includes the embezzled money, the unpaid taxes and Social Security benefits she improperly received.
WVU gets gifts to support education lab May 25, 2013 3:05 PM EDT About $500,000 in private gifts is helping to support science, technology, engineering and math education programs at West Virginia University.
Sheriff: 12 hurt in Ohio ride derailment May 25, 2013 7:06 PM EDT Authorities say a dozen people with minor injuries sustained minor injuries when a train ride at an eastern Ohio farm attraction went off the rails.
Associated Press
