Yonkers couple sentenced for stealing more than $170K from NYC schools
Prosecutors say 42-year-old Rusnelly Clase, a former middle school community coordinator, falsified purchase orders for items that were never delivered.
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A Yonkers couple has been sentenced for stealing more than $170,000 from the New York City Department of Education.
Prosecutors say 42-year-old Rusnelly Clase, a former middle school community coordinator, falsified purchase orders for items that were never delivered.
Authorities say the scheme resulted in more than $170,000 in fraudulent payments.
Prosecutors say Clase's husband, Justin Echevarria, received those payments and kicked back a portion of the money.
Clase was sentenced to six months in prison.
Echevarria was sentenced to five years of probation.
Both were ordered to pay restitution.
