Ex-science academy employee pleads guilty to stealing $1.2M

A former National Sciences Academy employee pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to embezzling more than $1.2 million from the organization that advises the U.S. government about science and technology.

Aubrey Randolph Scott, the former head of the academy’s copy center in downtown D.C., faces up to 20 years in prison but will likely receive about four years, according to sentencing guidelines.