Former LaPorte County auditor to be sentenced for embezzlement
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Posted: Tue 6:47 PM, Dec 22, 2015
Updated: Tue 7:02 PM, Dec 22, 2015
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LaPorte County, Ind. -- Federal attorneys say a former LaPorte County auditor will wait another few weeks for her final sentencing.
In Tuesday, Mary Ray, 67, appeared in federal court after prosecutors say she stole more than $150,000 in government funds and defrauded her father-in-law of at least $400,000.
Back in September, a jury convicted Ray on charges including theft of government monies, lying on tax returns, and wire fraud.
This all happened between September 2011 and December 2012 while she served as the county's chief deputy auditor. According to prosecutors, Ray used the funds to gamble at casinos.
Among the objections raised at the Tuesday hearing were the prosecution's characterization of Ray's father-in-law as a "vulnerable victim." According to the government, Norman Ray relocated to LaPorte in April 2013, after recently losing his wife. Ray, now 86, is a disabled war veteran. On direct examination, an FBI agent said the elder Ray could not remember at which banks he held bank accounts. Mary Ray's attorney countered, saying Norman could give directions to where he banked.
The bifurcated hearing will reconvene sometime in January, said U.S. Assistant Attorney Donald Schmid. Mary Ray could face up to ten years in prison, plus an additional two years of supervised release.
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