ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WJAR) — United States Attorney Leah Foley said a former office manager for a Franklin environmental services business was sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzling more than $400,000 from her employer.

55-year-old Marie Hobson, of Attleboro, was pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return.

Foley said that between December 2019 and March 2025 Hobson inflated her own payroll by adding approximately $268,046 in fraudulent expense reimbursements, while also misusing her company credit card to pay for country club memberships, vacations, cruises, timeshares and personal residence costs totaling more than $105,000.

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Hobson also manipulated the company's accounting software so it showed her only receiving her weekly salary and did not report the embezzled funds on her tax filings.

She was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release, to pay restitution of $511,119, and to forfeit $429,980.