A Glynn County swindler received a 33-month sentence to federal lockup for defrauding her real estate employer of a hefty $251K. Tabitha Dobi, the crafty 46-year-old who formerly managed an office on St. Simons, was also ordered to repay the stolen cash, according to U.S. Attorney Jill E. Steinberg's office.

It seems Dobi couldn't resist the urge to game the system, manipulating financial records and pocketing fat stacks of rental deposits meant for her trusting boss. She was slick enough to even direct a tenant to chuck money her way through an online app, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia.

The FBI ended Dobi's free ride after the real estate company's accountants noticed discrepancies in the numbers. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood sentenced Dobi to prison along with a three-year supervised period post-release, without the possibility of parole.

Dobi didn't stop at just tampering with the currency flow; she also acted as a hotelier to her friends, allowing them to stay at the company's expense without permission. "This sentence holds her accountable for her fraudulent activity," Steinberg declared, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia. The FBI's watchdog, Agent Will Clarke, mixed some hope with the bad news, suggesting that Dobi's fate serves as a warning to any would-be con artists.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew A. Josephson played ball for Team Justice, quarterbacking the prosecution effort and ultimately scoring the judicial touchdown that sidelined Dobi's crooked career. As the courthouse doors lock behind her, folks are left pondering the price of greed — prison blues in place of greenbacks.