Former President of Wyoming Area Education Association Charged with Embezzlement

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2013-09-27

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced the filing of an information in U.S. District Court in Scranton charging Lisa Barrett, age 48, of Shavertown, Luzerne County, with embezzlement of funds of a labor organization.

According to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith, Barrett, the former president of the Wyoming Area Education Association (WAEA), has been charged with converting in excess of $30,000 of the labor organization’s funds to her own use from 2006 to 2012. Barrett resigned as WAEA president in March 2013.

In this case, the maximum penalty under the federal statute is imprisonment for five years, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the judge is also required to consider and weigh a number of factors, including the nature, circumstances and seriousness of the offense; the history and characteristics of the defendant; and the need to punish the defendant, protect the public, and provide for the defendant’s educational, vocational, and medical needs. For these reasons, the statutory maximum penalty for the offense is not an accurate indicator of the potential sentence for a specific defendant.

Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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