MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – A Martinsburg, West Virginia, woman will spend nearly four years in federal prison for defrauding a small business out of nearly $300,000, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey.
Brittaney Allura Hall, 37, was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for wire fraud. Hall worked as an office manager and accountant for a business in Martinsburg, giving her access to accounts and financial information for the company. Hall caused overpayments of payroll in reimbursements and commissions for her own benefit, wrote checks to herself without authority, and created false invoices which caused unauthorized payments to be made in her name.
Hall was ordered to pay $258,143.51 in restitution.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Eleanor Hurney prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.
The FBI and the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office investigated.
U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Northern District of West Virginia — U.S. Department of Justice press release.