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Former Winnebago County Purchasing Director Faces Two-Year Prison Sentence

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A federal judge sentenced Sally Claassen to two years in federal prison and one year of supervised release.

  

She must also pay more than $445,000 in restitution and fines.

Claassen allegedly siphoned nearly a half million dollars from Winnebago County between 2014 and 2015.

County administrators have said she used her county-issued credit card to buy personal items, including resort vacations and kitchen renovations.

Claassen ran the county's Purchasing department for a little more than 18 years.

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