Winslow Woman Sentenced for Embezzlement Scheme

BANGOR, Maine: A Winslow woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor for a wire fraud scheme.

U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann sentenced Sarah Nale, 49, to nine months in prison followed by nine months of home confinement and two years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay over $816,000 in restitution. Nale pleaded guilty on August 5, 2024.

According to court records, between March 2012 and September 2022, Nale stole $816,584.74 from two local businesses-a realty trust and a professional services firm-where she was the bookkeeper and sole employee. A large portion of the funds were stolen by writing checks from the realty trust to the professional firm, and then writing checks to herself from the professional firm. She would write large checks to herself for money she was not owed, but prepared a checkbook ledger that made the checks appear to have been made to legitimate vendors or for her usual salary.

The FBI and the Waterville Police Department investigated the case.

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