Former Winnebago County purchasing director Sally Claassen has finished paying back around $440,000 she embezzled from Winnebago County.
She stole the money in 2014 and 2015 and was the subject of an FBI investigation. One year later, she pleaded guilty to two counts of theft from a program receiving federal funds.
The Rockford Register Star reports the restitution was received in three installments: $31,719.80 as an initial payment, $116,125.03 last Nov. 28, and $292,525 recently received by the county treasurer's office.
Claassen is serving a two-year sentence in the Wasca Federal Correctional Institution, a minimum security prison in Minnesota. She's scheduled to be released July 23, 2018.