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Former Church Employee Sentenced to Over Two Years in Prison for Stealing from the Church
A Polk City woman has been sentenced to over two years in federal prison after stealing more than $270,000 from the church that employed her.
Melissa Noland, 47, was sentenced to 27 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand in Cedar Rapids.
According to information from a plea agreement and court hearings, Noland was employed by a church between January 2015 and January 2019. During that time, she stole money from the church in various ways, including writing checks to herself using the church’s checkbook, using church bank accounts to pay her own credit card bills, and making excess payroll distributions to herself.
Noland eventually stole $274,222.09 from the church. Once the church discovered her thefts, she was terminated from her employment.
Noland was ordered to make $274,222.09 in restitution to the church and must also serve a three-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Noland was released on the bond previously set and is to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on a date yet to be set.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Anthony Morfitt and investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Mason City Police Department.
The case file number is 21-CR-3025. Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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