A former city of Detroit employee is scheduled to be sentenced today for stealing more than 265-thousand dollars from the city.
53 year old Masharn Franklin was responsible for overseeing the execution of garnishment orders for the salaries of city worker in 2016 and 2017.
According to the U-S attorneys office, she tricked the city into writing bogus checks in the names of her relatives.
Once the city issued the checks, she deposited them into bank accounts held jointly by her and her relatives.
Under a plea agreement, she will be required to pay back all of the money.
The money taken was from a program receiving federal funding and carries with it a maximum ten year prison sentence.