The former corporate controller of construction products company, Cast-Crete Corporation, pleaded guilty in federal court this week to embezzling millions from the company, the St. Petersburg Times reports.

Franklin Derochemont, who admitted to mail fraud and tax evasion, stole more than $5.3 million between October 2003 and December 2008 by sending checks for phony accounting and sales tax services to an unnamed accomplice, the government said. That accomplice, a certified public accountant not employed by Cast-Crete, then paid Derochemont kickbacks, which he used for personal purposes, such as to pay credit card bills. According to the federal complaint, Derochemont did not pay taxes on the embezzled funds between 2006 and 2008.

Mail fraud carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence, while the maximum sentence for tax evasion is five years, and a fine of $250,000 for each count. Derochemont, however, was only sentenced 30 to 90 days, Steve Cole, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, told the St. Petersburg Times. As part of the plea deal, he will forfeit the $5.3 million and cooperate with the government in related investigations.