TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The former city clerk of Auburn was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $189,500 in restitution for theft that occurred while she was in office.

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release Friday that 61-year-old Alice Riley, of Mayetta, pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen funds.

Prosecutors say the crimes began in 2009 while she was city clear in Auburn, in Shawnee County. She issued duplicate payroll checks and wrote other checks to herself, which she used for personal expenses.

She hid the embezzlement by creating false entries in the city’s books and bank statements.