A Berlin woman who pleaded guilty last year to identity theft, wire fraud and tax evasion will spend four years in federal prison.
On Feb. 27, a U.S. District Court judge in Baltimore sentenced Tammy Barcu, 56, to four years of incarceration, followed by six months of home detention and three years of supervised release, for embezzling $1.79 million from her former employer, Ocean City-based Resort Homes, and concealing those payments from both the company and the Internal Revenue Service.
Although the case reached its conclusion this week, Barcus entered a guilty plea last September following a months-long criminal investigation.
“She expressed her remorse for what she did and that she was truly sorry for putting the victims through this,” Steve Rakow, Barcus’s attorney, said in a statement Friday. “The judge stated that he imposed what he believed was a reasonable sentence that took into account the circumstances of the case, her admission and acceptance of responsibility, and the fact that she came to court with $100,000 in restitution to begin repaying the victims for their loss.”
Stop raising taxes in Berlin, and we wont have to steal
Congratulations on being the winner of the most ridiculous comment of the day.
Four years in prison, six months home detention, and three years supervised probation for theft. Let’s compare that to punishment the killer of Gavin Knupp received. There’s something wrong here.