Idaho woman sentenced for embezzling $1.7 million

Idaho woman sentenced for embezzling $1.7 million

Adobe stock photo MERIDIAN (Idaho Statesman) — A Meridian woman who embezzled more than $1.7 million from an Idaho irrigation district will spend nearly three and a half years in prison on charges of wire fraud and money laundering. Catherine Skidmore, 56, was sentenced by a U.S. district judge this week to serve 41 months behind bars. She also will be on supervised release for three years once her prison term is up, and she was ordered to pay …