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A Dorchester woman was sentenced Friday in federal court in Boston for embezzling $172,551 from a customer of the Mattapan bank at which she was a teller.
J’Cynda Sales, 22, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to time served, five years of supervised release, restitution of $172,551 and forfeiture of $172,551. In June 2017, she pleaded guilty to embezzlement by a bank employee. Between November 2015 and May 2016, Sales made 48 unauthorized withdrawals from the bank account of a customer totaling $172,551.
