A former confidential secretary for a New York law firm was sentenced Tuesday to 4 1/3 years to 13 years in prison for stealing nearly $700,000 from Riseley and Moriello over a seven-year period. The judge who sentenced Mary Merten noted that her thefts forced one of the victims out of retirement and looted a child's college savings. Merten was also ordered to repay $625,000 to her victims -- an amount agreed to during a restitution hearing.
June 17, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A former secretary for a Hudson Valley law firm has been sentenced to up to 13 years in prison for stealing nearly $700,000 from her employer over a seven-year span.
Mary Merten of New Paltz, N.Y., was sentenced Tuesday in Ulster County Court to 4 1/3 years to 13 years and also ordered to pay more than $600,000 to the Kingston, N.Y., law firm where she was employed as a confidential secretary.
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