Woman who stole $330K from employer for gambling habit gets 5 years in prison

Jaime Devine stole the money from a company that operates two senior citizen housing complexes

BRIDGEWATER -- A Pennsylvania woman who stole more than $330,000 from her Bridgewater employer to feed a gambling habit was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.

Younja Devine (Somerset County Prosecutor's Office) 

Younja Devine, a.k.a. Jaimie Devine, 53, was convicted of second-degree theft and two counts of third-degree forgery.

Devine must also pay $10,000 in restitution. She apologized to her former employer and her family for her actions before being led away in handcuffs.

Between September 2013 and January 2015, Devine stole more than $330,000 from Bridgewater Community Services, which operates two senior citizen housing complexes, Centerbridge I and Centerbridge II.

Devine, in her position as resident manager for the properties, deposited the money from fraudulent checks into her personal account.

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Devine, a citizen of South Korea, used the names of active vendors for Bridgewater Community Services and submitted fraudulent invoices in the vendors names, authorities have said. After making a check out to a vendor for the fake invoice she would alter the check to make it to a consulting company she owned, authorities have said.

Assistant Prosecutor Michael McLaughlin represented the state. Attorney Marsha Munoz handled the case for the defense.