{Louisville, Kentucky}...Monday, U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman sentenced 41 year old Alisha Ward, a former employee of the University of Louisville equine industry program, to 37 months in prison and three years on supervised release and ordered her to pay more than $460,000 in restitution to the university. The U.S. attorney's office says the plea agreement indicated Ward fraudulently obtained funds from the Equine Riding and Racing Club student account and fraudulently used a university procurement card for personal use, including remodeling her home. Ward pleaded guilty in April after being fired from her $42,000-a-year job as senior program coordinator.
