Dartmouth Woman Sentenced for Embezzling Over $400K From Employer

BOSTON (WBSM) – The Dartmouth woman who pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly a half million dollars from two different employers was sentenced today in federal court in Boston.

Jasmyne Botelho, 42, was sentenced to 20 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay restitution and forfeiture orders of $443,122.59.

Between September 2017 and April 2020, Botelho stole at least $280,000 from a Bristol County industrial company for which she worked. She directed payments intended to pay the company’s vendors into her own bank accounts, and used company funds to pay for her personal credit cards and auto loan.

She also falsified the employer’s books to make it appear that the payments had been sent to legitimate vendors.

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Between May 2022 and December 2023, Botelho inflated her payroll from another employer by more than $160,000.

In that scheme, she hid what she was doing by manipulating her employer’s payroll and accounting software to hide her inflated payroll and phony reimbursements she made to herself.

She was arrested in December 2023 and was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2024. In September 2024, Botelho pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud.

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On the SouthCoast, it's not always drug dealing or catalytic converter thefts. White-collar crimes like fraud, embezzlement, wage theft, and bribery can cost hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of dollars.

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