Woman Gets Jail Time for Nonprofit Theft

Bowie resident Penny Parker Green, 34, was sentenced Monday to 54 months in prison and three years of supervised release for stealing money from the ARC of Prince George’s County (ARC), according to a statement released by the U.S. district attorney for Maryland.

ARC is a nonprofit organization that provides day care, employment services and in-home support for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, and their families.

Green was an employee at ARC at the time of the theft.

According to Green’s plea agreement, she stole $166,137 from ARC and up to 72 of the organizations group home residents between November 2006 and February 2012 by using her corporate credit card for personal use. She also stole petty cash from the organization and directed other ARC employees to withdraw funds from residents’ bank accounts for her personal use, said the district attorney’s office.

The statement lists items purchased by Green with funds stolen from ARC as a trip to Aruba, including airfare, an island tour and a sunset sale; custom closets for her home; electronics; furniture and various other items.

In addition to her prison sentence and supervised release, Green was also ordered to forfeit two laptops, three desktop computers, a printer, various video gaming systems and four HDTVs, all which she acquired as a result of the scheme.