A West Springfield man is being federally sentenced for embezzlement.
According to the Justice Department, 70-year-old Gerald Burke will spend two-and-a-half years in prison for stealing over one-point-four-million dollars.
The DOJ says Burke was the controller of a privately-owned metal-stamping company in Chicopee.
He allegedly embezzled the money from 2011 until his firing in 2018.
Burke is also being ordered to pay restitution.
It is unclear at this time exactly how much will have to be paid back
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