AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas woman faces up to 15 years in federal prison for embezzling nearly $508,000 from a rural school district in a bogus checks scam.

Prosecutors say 58-year-old Patty E. Smith of Lohn (lohn) will be sentenced later this year and could have to repay the money stolen since 2006.

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