Howard woman gets 12 years for stealing from employers

She stole $522,000 from her employers from 2003 to 2005, prosecutors said By Larry Carson | Sun reporter When Jill Marie Moran had a back operation, her friends and employers Stephen and Rachel Rosa took her into their Ellicott City home and nursed her back to health. One year, they nearly doubled her annual salary with a $25,000 cash bonus. And once, they took her and her family on vacation to the British Virgin Islands. Today, Moran tearfully blew goodbye kisses to her family in a Howard County courtroom after Circuit Judge Diane Leasure sentenced her to 12 years in prison for systematically looting the Rosas' small but growing firm of $522,000 between 2003 and 2005. Moran forged Stephen Rosa's name on a series of 122 checks over three years, spending $15,000 on cell phone bills alone. She also bought horses, boats and... [read full story]