ALBUQUERQUE – Theresa Romero, 34, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this morning in federal court to three years of probation for her conviction on a theft of government property charge. Romero also was ordered to pay $32,542.37 in restitution to the National Nuclear Security Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Energy that was the victim of Romero’s criminal conduct.
Romero pled guilty on July 1, 2015, to a felony information charging her with theft of government property. The information charged Romero with embezzling money from the Department of Energy between Sept. 2010 and Aug. 2011. At the time, Romero was employed as by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) as an Administrative Assistant. In entering her guilty plea, Romero admitted that from Sept. 30, 2010 through Aug. 8, 2011, she used a procurement card that was issued to her as an employee of SNL to make unauthorized purchases for herself.
This case was investigated by the Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General with assistance from SNL’s corporate investigations office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Brawley prosecuted the case.
Information from Department of Justice