The former accountant for a south metro Denver construction company is expected to avoid prison time after pleading guilty to spending nearly $100,000 in company funds on herself.

Cassandra Stephens , 25, admits using Elite Surface Infrastructure’s credit cards to buy $10,000 courtside seats to a Denver Nuggets game, $14,000 in concert tickets, and nearly $33,000 in first-class airfare to Italy for herself and her family while working as ESI’s bookkeeper.

As part of an agreement with Arapahoe County prosecutors this month, Stephens pleaded guilty to one felony theft count. Nine other counts of theft and money laundering were dropped and prosecutors are asking Judge LaQunya Baker to sentence Stephens to a decade of probation at an Oct. 20 hearing. Stephens has also agreed to pay $63,952 i

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