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A financial administrator who embezzled more than $1 million from the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce [in Texas] pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced. “Prosecuting white-collar crime like this is an important priority because stealing from small businesses and nonprofits doesn’t just hurt the organization, it hurts the people those organizations are trying to help,” Ogg said. “The evidence our Public Corruption Division uncovered was so overwhelming that this defendant really had no choice but to take responsibility.” Jamie Huffar, 47, pleaded guilty Friday to two first-degree felonies, including theft…