Former Sandia Labs Employee to Pay $32K in Restitution for Embezzlement

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A former Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) employee must pay over $32,000 in restitution as part of herrnsentence for embezzling money from the Department of Energy. Theresa Romero, a former office administrativernassistant at SNL, used a procurement card issued to her as an employee to make unauthorized purchasesrnbetween September2010 and August 2011, according to her plea agreement. Romero was sentenced last Fridayrnfor theft of government property in U.S. District Court in New Mexico to three years of probation and is required tornpay $32,542.37 in restitution to the National Nuclear Security Administration. She must also “complete arncommunity-based program which provides education and training in financial management” as part of herrnsentence. A lab spokesman said in a statement that “Sandia cooperated fully with the Department of Energy’srnOffice of the Inspector General to bring this case to resolution.”