BOSTON – A Milford woman was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with embezzling over $70,000 in rent payments owed to the Framingham Housing Authority (FHA).

Rosa A. Famania, 33, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patti B. Saris to five months in prison and three years of supervised release. In addition, Famania must complete five months in a residential or inpatient substance abuse facility upon her release from prison and pay approximately $70,649 in restitution to the FHA. In December 2016, Famania pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling money from an agency receiving federal funds.

In February 2010, Famania began working for FHA as an accounting assistant. She resigned from her position in August 2015, shortly after FHA suspended her in connection with an internal investigation into missing rent payments. Famania’s responsibilities at the FHA included collecting cash rent payments from FHA tenants, recording the cash payments in the FHA electronic accounting system, securing the cash payments in a locked cash box and depositing the cash payments into an FHA bank account...