A Tacoma interpreter received a 90-day jail term and must pay restitution after pleading guilty to first-degree theft charges for fraudulently billing the Department of Labor & Industries for language interpretive services she never provided, the department announced Friday. Under terms of her sentence in Thurston County Superior Court, Betsaida “Betsy” Sosa will be allowed to convert 60 days of the sentence to home detention or work release if she is eligible for one of those programs, L&I said. If not, she will serve the entire 90 days. She must also pay $34,208 in r...
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