This article by Anna Merriman was published by the Valley News on June 16.
RUTLAND – A 42-year-old former Quechee resident was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Tuesday for embezzling $1.2 million from clients of a family run West Lebanon payroll and tax preparation firm.
Ryan Wall had pleaded guilty in December to one count of wire fraud for pocketing money from clients over a period of six years while he was employed with Twin State Business Services in West Lebanon. In U.S. District Court in Rutland on Tuesday, Wall, who was participating by video conference from Florida where he now lives, apologized to his victims and said he had been consumed by a drug addiction.
Several of his victims, including his ex-wife and ex-mother-in-law, testified at the sentencing hearing.
Chief Judge Geoffrey Crawford sentenced Wall to 51 months of prison and a two-year term of supervised release following completion of his prison sentence. Wall was also ordered to pay $470,000 in restitution to 18 victims, but the order can be revised if additional claims are filed.
Crawford ordered Wall to report to the Bureau of Prisons in Florida on Sept. 8 to begin serving his sentence.
Read the story on VTDigger here: Former Quechee resident gets 51-month sentence in payroll embezzlement case.