Lawyer Gets Prison Time After Stashing $234K From Sorority
A South Carolina attorney who pleaded guilty to defrauding her sorority at the University of Alabama of hundreds of thousands of dollars was sentenced Tuesday to six months in prison and fined $50,000, reports AL.com.
The sentence also calls for Jennifer Elizabeth Meehan, 40, to serve 18 months of home confinement and 40 months supervised probation, along with community service and participation in a mental health program.
Meehan told the judge that she placed $234,000 of the money in a shoebox inside a closet to use for a scholarship program and other sorority expenses, according to the report by .
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority at the University of Alabama intended the money to be used to furnish its sorority house.