A former office manager of Northampton Internal Medical Associates (NIMA) was sentenced to prison yesterday in U.S. District Court in Springfield for embezzling more than $1.5 million.

Roxanne Tubolino, of Belchertown, was sentenced to 39 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release and was ordered to pay restitution of $1,342,256 to NIMA, $25,000 to NIMA’s insurance company and $506,447 to the IRS, according to a release from the District of Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s office. Tubolino pleaded guilty in January to one count of wire fraud and six counts of tax evasion.

From 2008 through 2013, Tubolino was employed as an office manager for NIMA, a medical practice in Northampton. During this period, Tubolino embezzled $1,562,206 by writing numerous checks from NIMA’s corporate account to pay her personal credit card bills. She entered these checks into NIMA’s Quickbooks records as business expenses. Tubolino used the stolen funds to obtain cash advances and for charges relating to her competitive horse showing and at clothing stores, restaurants and entertainment venues. During that period, Tubolino also filed income tax returns in which she did not report any of the income that she received from her embezzlement at NIMA.