Canadian man sentenced to prison for embezzling US$1.4M

The Department of Justice emblem at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida in downtown Miami is pictured on Jan. 25, 2023. (D.A. Varela/Miami Herald via AP)

U.S. authorities have sentenced a Canadian man to 20 months in prison for a US$1.4-million embezzlement scheme.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for Massachusetts said in a press release that 36-year-old Adil Rahman of Ontario embezzled money from his employer and its clients.

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He will also serve two years of supervised release and must pay restitution of more than $1.4 million.

Rahman pleaded guilty in September to one count of wire fraud after being charged in July, U.S. authorities said.

Between November 2022 and December 2023, Rahman worked as a credit analyst at a subsidiary of a Pittsburgh-based electrical distribution company where he redirected payments from clients into his personal bank account, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Using fraudulent emails, the office said Rahman convinced clients, including a non-profit in Hartford, Conn., and a corporate security firm in Andover, Mass., to pay invoices via ACH transfers – a type of electronic funds transfer – to his personal account.

According to the release, Rahman defrauded his employer and its clients of more than $1.4 million in total.