An Atlanta, Texas, woman has been sentenced to federal prison for embezzling cash from the bank that employed her.

Lisa Arnold, 47, pocketed $290,834.34 over a 10-year period from First National Bank of Atlanta.

Between September 2006 and July 2007, Arnold also tried covering the theft by putting $94,000 in counterfeit cash in the bank’s vault, according to court documents.

Arnold admitted manipulating bank receipts in an effort to conceal her crime as well. Court records indicate she told investigators she stole the money from the bank in increments of $5,0...