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A Naperville woman was sentenced Friday to 8 years in prison for embezzling more than $175,000 from two former employers.
Sonia N. Velazquez, 45, whose last known address was in the 700 block of Inland Drive, has been in DuPage County Jail since November. She was arrested in her native Puerto Rico, where she fled after being charged in the two thefts in April.
She pleaded guilty last month to stealing $21,532 from Wiseman-Hughes Enterprises in Wheaton and $157,539 from Lennar Homes in Hoffman Estates, said Assistant DuPage County State’s Atty. Helen Kapas-Erdman.
Velazquez stole checks from the two home-building companies and deposited them into her personal accounts.
