Cary Woman Sentenced For Algonquin Embezzlement

McHenry County Judge Sharon Prather finished sentencing a Cary woman Tuesday to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for embezzlement from an Algonquin company.  The sentencing began last week but had to be continued after 40 year-old Clarissa Schauer reportedly fainted at the prospect of a long prison term.   

Prosecutors charged that between 2005 and 2009 Schauer siphoned off almost $186,000 from Main Street freight broker World Trans International.  The State's Attorney's Office said Schauer took the money by writing checks to herself but booking them to vendors.

Besides the prison sentence, Prather also ordered Schauer to return all the money she was convicted of taking.