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Former Real Estate Bookkeeper Sentenced for Embezzling $450,000
A former bookkeeper at a real estate company in Columbus, Ga., has been sentenced to prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her employer.
COLUMBUS, Ga. – A former worker at a Columbus, Ga. real estate company received multiple years in jail after admitting to stealing thousands of dollars from her job.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Lauren Eldridge, 38 of Pine Mountain, admitted to stealing more than $450,000 from keller Williams Realty River Cities, where she worked as a bookkeeper.
“The repercussions of employee theft are often felt beyond the prosecution, negatively affecting businesses, their customers and the community,” Acting U
