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Woman Sentenced and Fined for UA Sorority Scam

A South Carolina lawyer has been given a six-month prison sentence after stashing hundreds of thousands of dollars in a shoebox as part of a scam involving a $14 million sorority house at the University of Alabama. Jennifer Elizabeth Meehan,40, of Sandy Springs, South Carolina, was also fined $50,000 and sentenced to 18 months of home confinement Tuesday for submitting…

Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Alabama Sorority Scam

A South Carolina lawyer has pleaded guilty to bank fraud in a scam involving a $14 million sorority house at the University of Alabama. Prosecutors say 39-year-old Jennifer Elizabeth Meehan of Sandy Springs, South Carolina, pleaded guilty Tuesday to submitting false invoices for equipment and furnishings for the 40,000-square-foot Gamma Phi Beta sorority house in Tuscaloosa. Meehan was a member…