Orleans Parish Woman Sentenced for Embezzling Money from Her Employer

NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SHAVONDA CHAMBERS, age 44, of New Orleans, was sentenced on December 10, 2024 by U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan, for embezzling money from her employer.

According to court documents, SHAVONDA CHAMBERS was employed as a bookkeeper for a local business and was apprehended submitting false electronic payroll authorizations to an out-of-state payroll processing company. As a result of her false submissions, SHAVONDA CHAMBERS was able to steal and fraudulently divert more than $2.5 million dollars from her employer to financial accounts she controlled.

SHAVONDA CHAMBERS was sentenced to thirty-six (36) months of imprisonment, followed by three (3) years of supervised release. The defendant was also ordered to pay over 2.5 million dollars in restitution, and a mandatory special assessment fee of one hundred dollars.

U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Secret Service in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Richard R. Pickens, II of the Financial Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.