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Harriette Walters, the ringleader behind a massive, two-decade-long, $50 million embezzlement scheme run from the inside of the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue, has been sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison today. 
Harriette Walters (D.C. govt. photo)
The prison time is on the high end of the 15 to 18 year sentencing window arranged in her plea agreement. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan handed down the sentence, which also includes restitution and tax payments.
Ten other co-conspirators have already been sentenced. All 11 suspects, including Walters, pleaded guilty in the case. Walters's sentence is by far the longest, with the next closest being nine years in prison, for Jayrece Turnbull, Walters's niece.
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Dear Harriette,
My love. I will be waiting for you when you get out.
I just need your check card number.
she is so damn hot!!
She's so fine.
There's no telling where the money went.
Simply irresistible.
And then I tell her, as I turn out the light, I say, "My darling, you were wonderful tonight."
That's it? They ought to tack on an additional 10 years for spending so much money and having so little to show for it. You give me 43 million and a personal shopper at Neiman Marcus and you will see where the money went, my friends!
so when are all of her possessions going up on the auction block? i want me a nice car!!
You know, I tried bidding on some of Barbara Bullock's (remember her?) designer handbags when they were auctioned off, but they went way too high for the shape they were in. Come to think of it, that woman needs additional jail time for getting ink stains in an Hermes bag. I cried at the damage.
You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far
cause you know it don't matter anyway...
Steal money but it wont get you too far,
Get you too far..
Sooo...the Self-Esteem Defense didn't work, I see.
She should have tried the Chewbacca Defense.
After the prison orange brings out the highlights in her hair, she will be ready for Girls Gone Wild: SuperMax and SuperHot.
Caged Heat
That equals about 1 year of prison time for every $2.8 million she stole. I'd consider spending a year in prison for that much.
...and let's not forget that the total cost to the DC taxpayer is not just the $50 mil she stole, and the cost to investigate and prosecute her, but also the millions of dollars the District government will spend creating the magical prison needed to contain her undead essence.
Does she get conjugal visits? Just askin'
After the prison orange brings out the highlights in her hair, she will be ready for Girls Gone Wild: SuperMax and SuperHot.
Motion for post-conviction judicial release based on chronic, life-threatening health problems in 5-4-3-2-
it is worth noting that she is no longer blonde. she has short, dark brown locks with light brown tips. she's lost a little bit of weight too.
Come on. There is nothing "worth noting" about this wretched human being. Until she dies, that is. (That I would find worth noting.)
Harriette, psst! The others are gone by now so I can declare my affection for you. I want you to know I will wait those 17.5 years for you in a beautiful mansion by the sea. Just let me know where you hid the money and I buy that land, build that house, and be upstairs, under the covers waiting for you...