Woman Who Embezzled $500K from Hospitality Association to Be Sentenced

The former accountant for the S.C. Hospitality Association will be sentenced this week for embezzling close to $500,000 from the organization, according to news reports. 

Rachel Duncan's sentencing is set for Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. Duncan . 

Duncan admitted to  between 2006 and 2012 to feed a gambling addiction.

In hopes of a reduced sentence, Duncan's attorney detailed her history of gambling addiction and abusive relationships in court documents, according to a report in The State.

Duncan will agree to pay back $367,500 to the association, according to the Associated Press.

She faces a maximum of 23 years in prison and $350,000 in fines, according to The State. But her attorney says under federal sentencing guidelines, Duncan's sentence will be between two and three years. 

Former president of the association Tom Sponseller  after he learned about the federal investigation into missing money at his organization.

A suicide note he left behind . The three-page note also revealed that Duncan had confessed to Sponseller about the embezzlement, according to WIS. 

Sponseller led the organization for more than 20 years.