Detroit

Ex-DPS payroll manager sentenced in fraud case
A former payroll manager for Detroit Public Schools was sentenced Thursday to 24 months in prison for defrauding the district of hundreds of thousands of dollars by writing payroll checks to dead employees and another who was receiving disability payments. Toni D. Gilbert, 46, of Detroit was also ordered to pay $672,762 in restitution, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said. Gilbert pleaded guilty to conspiring with a retired district employee to fraudulently obtain money from the district. Co-defendant Anton V. Carter, 56, of Detroit was sentenced Aug. 10 to six months in prison and ordered to pay $378,765 in restitution.

From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100911 ... z0zHbgXVLU