Yonkers woman pleads guilty to stealing almost $1M from employer

MAMARONECK - A part-time assistant's stolen-money-funded life of luxury could cost her 15 years in state prison.

Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Tuesday that Joann Perrino, a 60-year-old Yonkers resident, pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $1 million from her employer.

The district attorney's office said Perrino initiated transfers and wrote checks from her employer's account to pay for personal expenses, including car and mortgage payments, travel expenses, spa treatments and, on one occasion, a $4,366 shopping spree on clothes.

The district attorney's office said Perrino stole $987,428 from Jan. 2009 to May 2014 before being arrested by Town of Mamaroneck police on May 22, 2014.

She pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny and faces a maximum 15-year prison sentence. As part of her sentence, she will have to pay back the money she stole in restitution.

Perrino remains out on $50,000 bail. Her next court date is May 11.

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