A woman who embezzled more than $1 million from her employer and used the proceeds to pay for clothes, jewelry, a car and her daughter’s college tuition is headed to federal prison, officials said.
Monica Rigsby, a former office manager at Georgia Pediatric Cardiology in Stockbridge, was sentenced Tuesday to two years and six months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Byung J. "BJay" Pak’s office.
Prosecutors said Rigsby, 55, of St. Petersburg, Fla., altered the practice's accounting system to make it appear she was being reimbursed for legitimate expenses.
“In fact,” officials said in the statement, “she was stealing a portion of the funds and diverting the money for her own personal use.”
Rigsby’s scheme cost Georgia Pediatric more than $1.1 million, according to authorities.
“Rigsby took advantage of her position to profit illegally, violating the trust that Georgia Pediatric Cardiology put in her,” J.C. “Chris” Hacker with the FBI Atlanta field office said. “Her conviction should serve as a reminder that the FBI is committed to making cases like this a strong deterrent to those tempted by greed.”
In addition to her prison sentence, Rigsby was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1,178,314.
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