CLINTON (AP) — The former leader of a Michigan charity for children and families was sentenced last week to a year in prison for embezzling about $250,000.
John Lynch of Grosse Pointe Park also must serve six months in a halfway house, a federal judge said.
Lynch, 57, was chief financial officer and then chief executive at Holy Cross, which provides social services in parts of Michigan.
Prosecutors had asked for a longer prison sentence, noting that Lynch used Holy Cross money to pay for car repairs, mortgage payments and credit card bills.
Lynch “is exactly the type of white-collar criminal that needs to be deterred: a well-educated individual who sees a financial opportunity and uses his intelligence and corrupt character to exploit it through dishonest means,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Hiyama said in a court filing.
The government said Lynch stole about $250,000. But he has repaid more than $257,000 so far and has a balance of $82,000, under a separate agreement with Holy Cross, defense attorney
Mike Rataj said.
“Mr. Lynch acknowledges that he only has himself to blame for what he has done,” Rataj said.
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