BOSTON — A former office manager for Franklin-based Green Site Services Group, Inc., an environmental services business, was sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison for embezzling more than $400,000 from her employer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.
On Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, Marie Hobson, 55, of Attleboro, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Denise Casper to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Hobson was also ordered to pay $511,119 in restitution and to forfeit $429,980. In October 2025, she was charged and pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of filing a false tax return.
Prosecutors say that between December 2019 and March 2025, Hobson inflated her own payroll by adding approximately $268,046 in fraudulent expense reimbursements, including uniform costs even though she did not wear a uniform in her position. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said she manipulated the company’s accounting software to conceal the thefts and make it appear she was only receiving her regular weekly salary.
Hobson also misused her company-issued credit card to pay for personal expenses, including country club memberships, vacations, cruises, timeshares and costs related to her personal residence, totaling more than $105,000, according to prosecutors.
In addition, Hobson failed to report the embezzled funds on her federal income tax filings for tax years 2021 through 2024, resulting in a tax loss to the government of approximately $81,000, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley; Ted E. Docks, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston Division; and Thomas E. Demeo, special agent in charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in Boston, announced the sentence. The Franklin Police Department assisted with the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth Kosto, chief of the Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit, prosecuted the case.
