Employee Who Heisted $12 Million In Gold To Serve 6 Months

The Scarsdale mom who stole $12 million in gold from her job at a Queens jewelry manufacturer has been sentenced to six months behind bars, according to the Post. Teresa Tambunting pleaded guilty after investigators realized she had stolen about 500 pounds of gold — one piece at a time — by slipping the items into the lining of her purse. Law enforcement sources told the tabloid the 51-year-old former vault manager got such a lenient sentence because had no criminal record, she turned herself in, and she returned all of the gold she had taken (though she brought it back bit-by-bit). "I'm sorry. I'm sorry," she reportedly told Queens Supreme Court Justice Pauline Mullings.

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By Ben Muessig in News on January 6, 2010 11:30 AM

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NannyState

Ladies, go ahead and steal, rob ,pillage ,and kill. Kindly judges are waiting to tsk tsk you.

Jen S

Between this woman and the horse lady, my chances are looking good!

books

the average sentence for robbery is 5 to 25

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_average_jail_sentence_for_robbery

because she's a WOMAN she gets 6 months

This is what real SEXISM looks like

jaycjay

BTW, this wasn't robbery, so even if your laughable source were accurate it's talking about a completely different crime. "Robbery" under the law applies only if force is used. She smuggled it out in her purse, so was charged with grand larceny. Assuming it was a third degree charge (the article doesn't specify) it's a Class D felony, which means a maximum term of 7 years. Average? Probably a year.

books

Professor, why are you're stressing about? According to the VERY LINK in this post

"Tambunting was released on $100,000 bail Wednesday, and if convicted faces up to 25 years in prison."

http://gothamist.com/2009/04/30/employee_steals_12_million_in_gold.php

even if my blog comments arent properly sourced....sigh...common sense, if you steal 12 MILLION dollars you go to jail for more than 6 months. be upset about the injustice of it not my who I use for sources.

jaycjay

Ha! Referring to Wikipedia as source material is bad enough, but you're trying WikiAnswers? No sources cited, and answered anonymously. No indication of what jurisdiction it's talking about, or even whether it was answered by someone from the US.