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Former paralegal siphoned more than $600,000 from bankruptcy funds: prosecutors

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(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A former paralegal at a Chicago law firm has been charged with embezzling more than $600,000 in bankruptcy funds.

Federal prosecutors have charged 66-year-old Becky Louise Sutton with three counts of wire fraud and three counts of embezzlement.  The former Park Forest resident now lives in Austin, Texas.


According to the 11-page indictment, Sutton set up transfers from accounts that were supposed to be paid to creditors in bankruptcy cases that she was working for an unnamed law firm.

Prosecutors say Sutton sent $611,000 to her personal bank account, as well as to pay her credit card, student loan and mortgage.