Woman used embezzled money to pay for Patriots tickets to see Tom Brady play
A New Hampshire woman will spend more than two years in prison, partly because she wanted to see Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the New England Patriots.
A New Hampshire woman will spend more than two years in prison, partly because she wanted to see Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the New England Patriots.
A federal judge handed that sentence down to 39-year-old Stephanie Pratt for wire fraud on Thursday after she stole nearly $500,000 from her employer in 2021. Prosecutors say she spent that cash on things like tickets for Brady’s return to Gillette Stadium, a hot tub, plane tickets and more than $50,000 worth of items from Amazon.
Pratt was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release. She had pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud back in August.
“The defendant used her position of trust as an employee to steal nearly a half-million dollars from a small New Hampshire business,” U.S. Attorney Jane Young said in a statement. “Among other items, she used the stolen money to purchase a hot tub and she spent over $5,600 on lavish tickets to watch Tom Brady’s return to Gillette Stadium.”
“The defendant’s criminal conduct was bold, as she began her fraud only six months after serving a sentence for stealing from a previous employer.”
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