Embezzler Avoids Prison Time After Taking $200K

A federal judge has decided a woman who stole 200-thousand dollars while she was a chief operating officer should remain free so she can repay the money.  Thirty-seven-year-old Jennifer Goss took the money from Financial Equipment Company in Germantown.  She pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges last May.  The judge gave her one year of house arrest and five years of probation.  The company has gone out of business.  Prosecutors had recommended she spend 27 months behind bars.