NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A former purser aboard a Military Sealift Command ship has been convicted of embezzlement.
Ismael Cuario Estrada was convicted by a federal jury on Monday after a four-day trial.
Court records say Estrada was a crewman on the USNS Arctic from 2006 until 2013.
Prosecutors say Estrada had access to the ship’s safe and took more than $350,000 from it.
He faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison a fine of $250,000 when he is sentenced on June 25.
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