UPDATE @ 2:05 p.m (June 16)
Amy Scarpelli will serve her sentence of five and a half years for embezzling $5.2 million from U.S. Bank at Alderson Correctional in West Virginia.
U.S. District Court Judge Walter Rice sustained a motion from Scarpelli’s attorneys to allow Scarpelli to serve her time at a facility relatively closer to her family in New York. Alderson is closer than a prison in Lexington, Ky.
“In addition, Alderson offers program which would be beneficial in assisting this defendant to become rehabilitated and assist her with both her alcohol addiction as well as her gambling addiction,” the motion stated.
Scarpelli, who was sentenced May 17, has not yet voluntarily surrendered for incarceration, according to Federal Bureau of Prisons records.
UPDATE @ 12:26 p.m. (May 17)
Amy Scarpelli sentenced to 66 months in prison.
The judge says Scarpelli used the embezzled millions to maintain three bank accounts, and purchase four cars, three boats, 10 computer-like devices, a golf cart, six motorcycles and real estate.
Judge Rice said he came to “inescapable conclusion” that Scarpelli tried to “conceal the fruits of her embezzlement.”
UPDATE @ 11:42 a.m. (May 17)
Prior to sentencing, Amy Scarpelli tells U.S. District Court Judge Walter Rice: “I’ve taken ownership and responsibility of my actions.”
Judge Rice accepts plea deal range of 48 to 70 months for Amy Scarpelli.
UPDATE @ 11:14 a.m. (May 17)
Amy Scarpelli’s restitution agreed to be $5,215,000. Her attorney also filed today a motion for Scarpelli to attend her nephew’s wedding June 11 — that has not been ruled on yet.
FIRST REPORT
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Amy Scarpelli this morning in federal court.
Scarpelli is scheduled to appear in court at 11 a.m. after she was convicted of stealing more than $5 million from U.S. Bank.
Scarpelli was a former manager for the bank branch in Miamisburg.
The former manager pleaded guilty in April 2015 to embezzling $5.215 million and prosecutors said she used the money to gamble millions of dollars at Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Ind., and to purchase four vehicles.
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