PETERSBURG, Ind.–A former Dubois County Nonprofit Director was sentenced to nearly two years in prison after admitting to stealing money from a youth mentorship program.

The Department of Justice says 50-year-old Ellen Corn of Petersburg stole roughly $161,000 via several methods, including by using the organization’s credit card to pay for personal expenses at various businesses and restaurants. Those included Amazon, Target, and Walmart. She also used the money to pay tuition to colleges for her children. These 1,226 unauthorized transactions went on from March 2017 to August 2022.

The nonprofit she stole from provides college scholarships for high school students. She pled guilty to five counts of wire fraud. She was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison followed by three years of

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