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- A judge sentenced a Texas woman to 15 years for stealing over $100 million from the US Army.
- Janet Yamanaka Mello used her position at Fort Sam Houston to secure fraudulent grants.
- Mello funded a lavish lifestyle, buying 80 vehicles, jewelry, clothes, and real estate.
A Texas woman will spend more than a decade in prison after stealing over $100 million from the military to fund her lavish lifestyle.
A federal judge sentenced Janet Yamanaka Mello, 57, to a term of 15 years in federal prison last week on five counts of fraud and five counts of filing false tax returns.