A Meriden woman was sentenced to a year in prison for an embezzlement scheme involving the clients of a Hamden-based property management firm.

Crystal Klatt, 36, of Meriden, was sentenced Thursday in New Haven federal court to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling more than $400,000 from her employer’s clients, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office. Klatt had pleaded guilty in December to one count of wire fraud.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Klatt was employed as an office manager by a property management company located in Hamden. According to her LinkedIn profile, Klatt worked at Margolis Management and Realty LLC.

The property management company had access to its clients’ bank accounts so the management company could make payments on behalf of the respective client. Klatt had access to the client’s bank accounts as part of her job responsibilities. Between approximately December 2014 and January 2021, Klatt diverted $446,859.82 from the bank accounts of at least 14 clients to pay her personal credit card charges, the statement said.

Klatt, who has also been ordered to pay full restitution, is released on a $50,000 bond and required to report to prison on June 2.