TOPEKA — A La Crosse woman pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling from the company where she worked, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.

James Cross, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office, said prosecutors offered evidence in court that the amount was more than $500,000, although her attorney said she only pleaded guilty to “transporting more than $5,000.”

“At sentencing, the judge will consider all relevant conduct, including the amount of money that was stolen,” Cross told Hays Post on Tuesday.

According to Grissom’s office, Crystal Lynn Jones, 34, La Crosse, pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen money. In her plea, she admitted the crime occurred from 2008 to 2013 while she was officer manager for Teel’s Trucks at 1200 Vine in Hays. Grissom’s office said she wrote unauthorized checks from Teel’s company accounts at Commerce Bank and the Bank of Hays for her personal benefit. She also conducted transfers on the Automated Clearing House electronic network from Teel’s accounts for her own personal benefit. She hid the thefts by altering entries on the company’s accounting software and by forging checks.

Sentencing is set for March 2. She faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. Grissom commended the FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney Rich Hathaway for their work on the case.

Story was clarified Nov. 25.