The former chief financial officer of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) was sentenced to eight months in federal prison for stealing over $211,000 from the agency’s employee health benefit trust account, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
The former executive, Pamela J. Kahut, 68, of Wilsonville, Ore., was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release, pay $211,083.27 in restitution, and pay a $10,000 fine.
Federal prosecutors said that between October 2014 and September 2020, Kahut used her access to the trust account to pay her spouse’s long-term care premiums, cover personal credit card bills, and repay pension loans. The account was funded in part by federal grant money and was intended to cover employee health care expenses…