Scottsville Woman Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison and Ordered to Pay $873,107 in Restitution for Defrauding Former Employer

Louisville, KY -A Scottsville, Kentucky, woman was sentenced yesterday to two years in federal prison for engaging in a scheme to defraud her former employer.

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky and Special Agent in Charge Michael E. Stansbury of the FBI Louisville Field Office made the announcement.

According to court records, Reda W. Tabor, 67, was sentenced to two years in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for one count of wire fraud. The charges in this case stemmed from Tabor's scheme in which, from 2014 to 2020, while employed as Vice President in Charge of Finance/Accounting and Human Resources at Beneke Wire Company in Louisville, Kentucky, Tabor used her position to access the company's bank accounts and make unauthorized transfers of company funds to her personal bank account.

Tabor was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $873,107 and a fine in the amount of $10,000.

There is no parole in the federal system.

The case was investigated by the FBI.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Gregory prosecuted the case.

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