A former information technology manager accused of embezzling nearly $1 million from the Heinz Endowments will serve one year in federal prison and pay restitution.
Charles Richardson, 45, of Pittsburgh was sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand as part of a negotiated plea agreement. It calls for restitution of $977,977.
That money, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, includes $25,000 to the Heinz Endowments and $952,977 to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which covered the endowments’ losses…