BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Tonawanda woman was sentenced to one year in prison after she embezzled over $440,000 from her Amherst employer between 2022 and 2024, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Erin Martin, 53, was also ordered to pay full restitution.

Martin was employed as a senior staff accountant and created fake vendor invoices addressed to the company between April 2022 and June 2024. She would then pay herself the money through unauthorized electronic fund transfers, posing as the fake vendors that needed to be paid.

Ninety-five fund transfers totaled $440,395. She used these funds to pay for her own expenses, as well as expenses of her family members.

Martin pleaded guilty to wire fraud in January and faced a maximum of 20 years in prison at the time.

Kayleigh Hunter-G

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