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June 7, 2007

Cumberland bookkeeper gets 4 years in prison

BOSTON -- Angela Buckborough Platt, the Cumberland bookkeeper who embezzled $6.9 million, today received a four-year prison term.

U.S. District Court Judge William Young also sentenced Platt, 43, to serve three years of supervised probation and replay J&J Materials of Rehoboth $4.48 million.

Platt, speaking in a soft voice in between sobs, told the court she was sorry and "very ashamed."

Platt, described as one of J&J's most-trusted employees, used the company's money to pay for what the government called an "epic shopping spree," which culminated in a million-dollar wedding for her daughter.

Other purchases included an 104-acre estate in Vermont, 30 acres of woods in Maine and 28 automobiles.

She pleaded guilty in February to one count of interstate transporation of stolen property.

-- Philip Marcelo, Journal Staff writer

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