Charmaine Gatlin, the former chief operating officer of the Jackson Health Foundation, has been sentenced to more than six years of prison after pleading guilty to stealing money that should have gone to patients.

Gatlin, a 52-year-old former resident of Weston, was charged with embezzling more than $1 million from the nonprofit by submitting false invoices and accepting kickbacks, according to a federal indictment that was unsealed by the U.S. Department of Justice back in May. She was charged with one count of wire fraud conspiracy, 26 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering. Each wire fraud-related account carried a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, while the money laundering charges carried up to 10 years each.

Jackson Health CEO Carlos Migoya told the judge

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