A Shelby County girl was sentenced to 26 months in federal jail after she pleaded responsible to embezzling greater than $1 million from the surgical apply the place she had labored for 15 years.

U.S. District Judge Karon Bowdre sentenced Betty Jo “BJ” Latsis, 58, of Birmingham on Tuesday, and required her to pay $600,000 restitution.

Latsis pleaded responsible again in January to 1 rely of wire fraud, and required to pay $400,000 again to her victims by the point of sentencing, which she did.

According to the plea settlement, from 2005 till 2020, Latsis, a registered nurse, labored as workplace supervisor and administrator at Colon & Rectal Surgical Associates of Birmingham. She dealt with bookkeeping and accounting for the apply.

Prosecutors stated between 2013 and 2020, Latsis transferred a whole bunch of 1000’s of {dollars} from apply accounts to a PayPal account she managed, paying herself and utilizing apply funds to repay her private bank card payments and people of her partner.

In addition, she used bank card accounts in medical doctors’ names to pay private bills, together with a “7 Night Northern European CityScapes” Royal Caribbean cruise for her and her partner. She additionally used apply funds to pay automotive lease funds, life insurance coverage premiums, and even an $8,000 dwelling leisure system from Best Buy for herself and her partner.

Assistant U.S. Attorney J.B. Ward prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.