KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN - A 39-year-old Georgia woman who worked for the Herman Miller Company for 20 years has admitted defrauding her former employer of several hundred thousand dollars. <br>
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Donna Lang of Cumming pleaded guilty in March to a federal charge of mail fraud. U.S. District Judge Richard Enslen sentenced her Monday to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. <br>
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Lang was ordered to pay $625,000 in restitution to the Zeeland-based company. In her plea, she and the prosecution agreed that she defrauded Herman Miller of $500,000-$800,000 between January 1999 and August 2000. <br>
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She told authorities that she used the money for a down payment on a house and furnishings, new cars and a restaurant for her husband. <br>
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She worked as a furniture resale specialist for the business. She arranged for the refurbishing and sale of old furniture that Herman Miller took in after selling new furniture to customers. <br>
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The prosecution said she set up her own dummy company and then double-billed Herman Miller with fraudulent invoices for the work.
