Slog - Comments on The Embezzler Goes Down http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down Seattle Times reports that the woman who kicked the Bellevue Arts Museum when it was down—by stealing $300,000 from it not long after it struggled back onto its feet in 2005 after having been shut down and left for dead—is going to prison. Janet Ellinger was CFO of the museum (you might want to update your LinkedIn, Janet; or maybe not) when she stole the money. Today she was sentenced to 22 months. Asked where the money went, her lawyer told the judge it went to pay for her son's tuition, for home improvements, and, oh, that Ellinger "spent some... Copyright 2008 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:23:20 -0800 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:57:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Bellevue Ave she went to mills, what do you expect?

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071171 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071171 Visual Art Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:49:24 -0800 Comment by TacomaRoma 22 months for $300 grand? Let's see .... that's $13636.36 per month. Apparently, crime pays pretty well, unless of course it's a drug charge.

Will she have to give her son's tuition back? Will she have to pay reperations? Will she have to sell her house? What happens next?

]]> TacomaRoma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071183 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071183 Visual Art Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:53:47 -0800 Comment by Fnarf They should make her serve her sentence in a cage on the museum floor, with a bucket and a cup.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071190 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071190 Visual Art Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:58:21 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave It'd be hard to believe that there isn't any financial restitution.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071191 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071191 Visual Art Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:58:30 -0800 Comment by scrood Reminds me of this former boss of mine (third item down) - couldn't make payroll, wasn't making SS or FICA payments for a few months, while busily trying to defraud BoA out of millions so she could buy a nice house on Mercer Island:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002663403_dige04m.html

]]> scrood http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071226 Visual Art Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:19:42 -0800 Comment by Jen Graves Guys, click on the link: she has to pay $334,949 in restitution.

]]> Jen Graves http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071284 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071284 Visual Art Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:08:17 -0800 Comment by mike i hope she got a facelife. yech...
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2007/11/28/2004041087.jpg

]]> mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071299 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071299 Visual Art Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:30:44 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball @3 -- Hmmm, I can't decide if that sounds more like the clink or Lawrimore...

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071385 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_embezzler_goes_down#c1071385 Visual Art Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:57:59 -0800