Seems hardly enough for this crime.

I am not an advocate of prisons, but the disparity is glaring. However, this persons whole life has changed completely with a felony conviction on their record. It seems to me that many smaller companies lack proper controls and rely on trusted employees to be honest. An accounting instructor once told me the first thing he looks for when money goes missing is the employee that never misses a day a day of work. Pretty obvious if you are stealing money you don't want someone else looking over your work.

The crook was the maintenance manager. He had set up fake companies and would charge fake supplies. No one noticed for years. My company had insurance so they did get the money back. The man was never charged because he died. He wife was able to keep the money.
Interestingly when corporate found out the response was oh it was maintenance, it is always maintenance.

... to handle other people's money. Even accountants and bookkeepers - in some cases.

Every small business needs to have their books audited by an independent auditor once per year. This is important so that the financial officers will realize they can be caught if they try to steal.

Crime pays ... if you're white.