SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) – A former Post Master on Monday pleaded guilty to embezzlement, prosecutors said.

Nancy R. Sciolino, 52, pleaded guilty to felony embezzlement after stealing the cash reserve of the Farmington Post Office. The cash reserve was entrusted to Sciolino in order for her to make authorized post office expenses and for her to provide change to counter postal clerks she supervised.

Sciolino incrementally stole the cash reserve and then falsified documents to cover her theft and embezzlement. She admitted that she used over $1,000 in U.S. currency in the cash reserve to make personal expenditures and to pay nongovernmental expenses.

She had been employed by the U.S. Post Office since February 1985, and, at the time of her theft, Sciolino was the acting Post Master of the Farmington Post Office.

Sciolino was convicted of felony embezzlement of postal funds during the performance of her duties. She is scheduled to be sentenced for her offense on April 26. The maximum penalty Sciolino faces is 10 years in prison, a three-year term of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.

This case is the result of an investigation by the United States Postal Service’s Office.