A College Park woman was sentenced Wednesday to more than two years in prison for embezzling money from a nonprofit group that she spent on cars, travel and gambling.
Kimberly Nicely, 49, pleaded guilty in June to a charge of wire fraud, admitting to the theft of more than $95,000 from The Fund for Peace, an organization headquartered in the District. Nicely was employed as a contractor to work as a controller for the organization.
Between 2007 and 2009, Nicely wrote at least 21 checks from the Fund’s bank account to herself, forged someone else’s signature and kept the money for herself. She also wrote unauthorized and forged checks to an associate of hers.
In 2009, Nicely used a Fund for Peace credit card to purchase more than $47,000 worth of items for herself, including for travel, meals, rental cars and cash withdrawals at a casino in West Virginia.
