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A cashier has been jailed for more than eight years after admitting to embezzling over $13million from her employer over 16 years.

Cynthia Mills, 56, executed the largest embezzlement crime in Western Pennsylvania history pocketing the cash from Matthews International, a privately held investment company.

She used the money to fund a lavish lifestyle buying three homes, eight cars, a yacht, fur coats, taxidermy designer purses and jewelry along with power tools and furniture. 

U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer called it 'a sophisticated scheme of deception,' reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 

'It's the largest scheme of embezzlement seen in this court,' said the judge in a courtroom in Pittsburgh. 'It was thoughtful, deliberate conduct,' she said.

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Cynthia Mills, pictured walking to a courtroom in Pittsburgh Thursday, will face more than eight years in prison after admitting to embezzling over $13 million from Matthews International over the course of 16 years 

 

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One of the property's she purchased was 501 Barbary Coast Court, DuBois in Pennsylvania 

 

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The property here is 860 Falck Road in Pennsylvania is another item Mills bought

 

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This house was on Wisconsin Avenue in Pittsburgh makes the third house she purchased 

 

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Pictured is her 2004 Tiara 320 boat, one of the three she purchased with her money

 

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She acquired a 2013 MD Meridian 441SB yacht (pictured here) with the embezzlement money

 

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She also acquired a 2005 Lund Classic boat, pictured here, making it her third boat purchase

Mills, who worked at Matthews since 1981, pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $13million with her attorney, Phil DiLucente, revealing she plans on 'paying back every single dollar', according to WPXI News.

She pleaded guilty in March to mail fraud, wire fraud, tax evasion and money laundering and agreed to spend seven and a half years in prison.

However, that sentence was extended by an additional 10 months after they found out she had more assets hidden away. 

 

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She also purchased a bear skin with a head, in addition to deer antlers and fur rugs

 

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She bought a Cat Lynx coat (L) a Blonde Sheared Mink Stroller (C) and a Cat Lynx Stroller (R)

In court she said: 'I stand here today, before you, a broken woman...I've deceived myself and my family who raised me to be honorable and follow the law.'

She is blaming her embezzlement on a gambling addiction, in spite of prosecutors arguing the intent was pure greed.

DiLucente said: 'The majority of the money that she had taken was spent on gambling, that is where the real addiction is.'

She also argued a reason for the embezzlement was because she didn't feel valued at work and believes she was overlooked for raises and promotions. 

 

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A 2000 Harley Davidson pictured here was another item the cashier bought with her money

 

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Pictured a 2013 K T M motorcycle that she bought with the embezzlement money