Bank Fraud: Kalispell Woman Sentenced for Bank Fraud

MISSOULA – A 47-year-old Kalispell woman has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for embezzling more than $227,000 from two companies she did bookkeeping work for.

U.S. District Judge Donald Molly also ordered Judy L. Hammack on Friday to pay about $223,000 in restitution.

Hammack had pleaded guilty earlier to bank fraud.

Prosecutors say Hammack took more than $157,000 from a masonry company and more than $70,000 from a construction company.

Hammack told investigators she took the money by inflating her paychecks, writing checks to herself, forging her employers' signatures and having her employers pre-sign checks before entering fraudulent amounts.