By Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post Staff Writer
Harriette Walters, a former mid-level D.C. tax office manager, was sentenced yesterday to 17 1/2 years in federal prison, capping the prosecution of the largest embezzlement in District government history.
Although she apologized for her conduct, Walters continued to display the confidence of a woman who managed to steal $48.1 million in fraudulent tax refunds over almost two decades before she was caught.
"If you put me back in there today," Walters told a federal judge, "I could get each of you a check."
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