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No Ruth's Chris Steakhouse for 11 years, judge tells accused embezzler in Raleigh
RALEIGH -- A judge sentenced a man charged with embezzling more than $5.8 million, a possible Wake County record, to up to 16 years in prison Monday.
Hugh Johnson II, 44, pleaded guilty to eight counts of obtaining property by false pretenses and will spend from 11 years and 8 months to 16 years in prison.
Six embezzlement charges were voluntarily dropped against him as part of the plea deal.
Johnson was arrested last year after racking up almost $6 million in expenses from 2012 to 2017 on a company credit card, search warrants say.
Read more: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article233540252.html
(Raleigh News & Observer)