Former West Haven Councilor Sentenced in Embezzlement Case

A former member of the West Haven City Council has been sentenced to one day in prison, six months in a halfway house and three years of supervised release after stealing more than $100,000 from a New Canaan bank where he worked, according to the U.S. attorney's office.

Federal prosecutors said Stephen DeCrescenzo, 37, of West Haven, embezzled $106,028 from customer accounts at JPMorgan Chase Bank in New Canaan between September 2008 and November 2011.

DeCrescenzo disguised the money transfers as authorized cash withdrawals made by the customers to whom the accounts belonged, according to the U.S. attorney's office.

He was arrested in New Canaan and charged with first-degree larceny in 2013.

DeCrescenzo pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of wire fraud in November 2014.

Information on an attorney for DeCrescenzo was not immediately available.

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