Chesco woman stole, sold $3.5M in telecom equipment
A 48-year-old Chester County woman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison for fraudulently selling more than $3.5 million in telecommunications equipment that did not belong to her, prosecutors said.
A 48-year-old Chester County woman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison for fraudulently selling more than $3.5 million in telecommunications equipment that did not belong to her, prosecutors said.
Juanita L. Berry, of Phoenixville, worked as a consultant for an Indiana company and sold the company's new and used equipment to a Florida company from 2008 to 2011, prosecutors said, adding that she kept the proceeds for herself.
Berry was convicted following an a11-day trial in federal court in Trenton of four counts of wire fraud and two counts of tax evasion. In addition to her sentence, she was ordered to pay $3.4 million in restitution.
- Robert Moran