Debra Rigano, a former account clerk in the Roslyn School District, has received a two to six-year sentence for her role in the embezzlement scandal. The sentencing came last Tuesday morning and was handed down by the Honorable Alan L. Honorof in Nassau County Court.

Ms. Rigano was sentenced after pleading guilty in November 2005 to Grand Larceny in the Second Degree. She admitted to stealing $852,231, all of which she will be forced to pay back to the school district. According to the Nassau County District Attorney's office, Ms. Rigano has returned $75,000. Additional proceeds are expected to be returned upon the sale of a Florida home that she currently holds joint ownership.

Earlier reports placed the maximum sentence for such a plea at 15 years in prison.

"This case represents the most egregious betrayal of the public trust anyone could imagine," said District Attorney Kathleen Rice. "We in law enforcement must do more to protect both taxpayer money and taxpayer confidence in their public servants. If there were ever a case that highlighted the need for more transparency, more accountability, this is it."

Ms. Rigano's sentencing was only the latest in the Roslyn embezzlement scandal.

Last week, Pamela Gluckin received a sentence of three to nine years in prison. In November 2005, Ms. Gluckin also pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Second Degree. She, too, faced a maximum of 15 years in prison. Ms. Rigano is Ms. Gluckin's niece.

Dr. Frank Tassone, the district's longtime superintendent, was scheduled to be sentenced along with Ms. Gluckin. However, he had his court date adjourned until Wednesday, Oct. 4, while citing an emergency health condition that landed him in a Nassau County hospital on Sept. 19.

In September 2005, Tassone pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the First and Second Degrees. He faces a maximum of 25 years in prison.

Stephen Signorelli, a principal of WordPower, a Roslyn School District vendor, pleaded guilty Jan. 18 to Grand Larceny in the Second Degree.

District Attorney Kathleen Rice, in holding Signorelli to the top indicted count and requiring full restitution in the amount of $219,000, recommended an upstate prison sentence of one to three years.

On March 16 of this year, Judge Honorof sentenced Signorelli to one to three years in prison and full restitution for his role in the scandal.

Andrew Miller, a former partner at the accounting firm Miller, Lilly & Pearce, LLP, and the Roslyn School District's auditor, pleaded guilty in November of last year to Tampering with Public Records in the First Degree.

Despite District Attorney Rice's recommendation of two to six years in prison, Miller was sentenced in January to four months in jail and five years of probation.

John McCormick, son of Pamela Gluckin, was charged with Grand Larceny in the Second Degree and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree.

McCormick pleaded guilty to both charges in March and in June received five years of probation, 100 hours of community service, and an order to pay full restitution in the amount of $83,982.54.

In addition, McCormick agreed to pay $104,958.56 in forfeiture, which represents stolen money and items given to him by his mother, and has been credited against Ms. Gluckin's restitution order.