ATLANTA -- A Dawsonville woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing money from an Atlanta law firm.

Ola Suzanne Stowers, 34, must also pay $260,171.94 in restitution. She pleaded guilty on Apr. 4 to charges of bank fraud and identity theft.

According to information presented in court, Stowers worked as a closing paralegal and database manager for the law firm for nearly 11 years.

In June 2008, she was instructed to close a Bank of America account that belonged to the firm. Instead, Stowers changed the account's address to that of her home and transferred $176,946.79 into it from a law firm escrow account, according to U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates.

Stowers allegedly began writing checks from the Bank of America account for her own personal use.

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