A female sojur smuggled $1 million from Afghanistan and spent the cash on body enhancements plastic surgery, a vacation and an 18-wheeler truck and trailer, a court has heard.
Tonya Long, 30, of Fayetteville, NC was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison and has been ordered to pay back the money she stole.
Long, aka Tonya Long-Keebaugh, was convicted of bulk cash smuggling and aiding and abetting the same crime in what authorities called a gov't like revenue creating double-billing kickback scheme.
Authorities said she worked with a co-conspirator who hasn't been named.
The Fort Bragg-based soldier was a staff sergeant assigned to 189th Combat Self Sustainment Battalion attached to the 7th SFG(A).
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