Senior District Judge James Moody sentenced Linda Lyrla, 58, to 46 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release on the charges. Lyrla was also ordered to pay restitution totaling a little more than $1.4 million to the victims and forfeiture of just under $1.4 million.
A Demotte woman is facing two felony charges in U.S. District Court.
Linda Lyrla, 57, was before Senior Judge James T. Moody last week where she pleaded guilty to charges of mail fraud and tax evasion. These charges were filed as the result of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
