EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois woman who admitted defrauding more than $440,000 from her former employer has been ordered to spend two years and nine months in federal prison.

Thirty-five-year-old Stacy Jo Kanallakan of Jerseyville pleaded guilty in May to one charge of scheming to commit wire fraud.

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