Rockport lawyer gets 71 months for defrauding employer

ROCKPORT, Maine — A local lawyer who concocted an elaborate scheme to bilk his company of more than $5 million will be going to prison for nearly six years.

Jason T. Throne was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Denver to 71 months for one count of mail fraud and one count of filing a false tax return. Throne will be placed on supervised release for three years after being released from prison and was ordered to make restitution of $5,186,491 to Hunter Douglas Inc.

Federal Judge Christine Arguelo imposed the sentence despite the recommendation by Throne’s attorney, John Schlie, for a sentence of no more than 40 months. The defense attorney argued in paperwork filed with the court that his client had suffered by his family and friends learning of his criminal actions.

Throne had been unable to find work for nine months before accepting a job as an associate in the flooring department of The Home Depot, his attorney stated.

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