A former employee of Alliance Insurance Group will spend a year in the Montgomery County Jail and pay more than $500,000 in restitution following a guilty plea to theft.
Kelli Sayers Burt, 44, of Tallassee, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in the Montgomery County Jail, split to serve one year day for day for first-degree theft from the City of Montgomery.
“Stealing from a city, a community, deprives citizens of having their own taxpayer dollars put to good use,” Alabama attorney general Steve Marshall said in a release. “Make no mistake, this was not a victimless crime, and I am pleased with the strong message sent by the court.”
Burt was indicted by a Montgomery County Grand Jury in April and pleaded guilty May 20.
She is a former employee of Alliance Insurance Group and was assigned to handle the health insurance claims for the City of Montgomery’s employees. According to the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, Burt used the identities of city employees between 2017 and 2024 more than 330 times to divert insurance reimbursements into her own bank account. Her repeated targeting of the City of Montgomery resulted in a loss to the city of more than $465,000.
In addition to Burt’s jail time, she is required to pay $514,741 in restitution to her former employer and the employer’s insurer once she is released.
The Tribune is waiting for a mugshot of Burt from the Montgomery County Jail.
