With a prison sentence finally being handed down to Frank A. Tassone, the Roslyn School District's former superintendent, all of the defendants in the embezzlement scandal have now received their punishment.

Last Tuesday, Oct. 10, Tassone was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison. This started a process, which began in September 2005, when Tassone pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the first and second degrees.

Tassone has admitted stealing $2,208,361, of which $1,918,028.40 has been returned to the school district. According to the Nassau County District Attorney's office, the balance of the restitution will be paid upon receipt of the defendant's bail money, an expected loan on a relative's house, and a soon-to-be-closed stock sale worth more than $40,000.

Tassone was the last defendant of six to be sentenced for his role in the school theft. And it only happened after a series of incredible events in which Tassone was handcuffed to his bed at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan and was under around-the-clock supervision by two New York City policemen before being transferred, on the day before his sentencing, to the inmate's ward of Nassau University Medical Center.

"This case has left an indelible mark on this school district's reputation and on this county's trust in their public officials," said Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice. "If there were ever a case signaling the need for more transparency in our government and in our school districts, what happened in Roslyn is it. Hopefully this case provides us with the collective will to demand more from our public officials and to have the courage to report criminal activity to the authorities."

With the information being provided by the DA's office, the following is an update on the status of the other defendants in the embezzlement scandal:

Ms. Gluckin has admitted to stealing $4,358,743, of which she has repaid $1,976,843.22 to the school district. In addition, she is in possession of artwork and jewelry valued at approximately $60,000 that will be the subject of forfeiture action by the district attorney's office and eventually returned to the school district. Ms. Gluckin's bail amount, $24,250, will also be given to the school district. In an attempt to pay full restitution, Ms. Gluckin has also agreed to give half of her school district pension, $21,924 per year, to the school district during her stay in state prison. She received a sentence of three-to-nine years in prison. Sentenced recently for her role in the heist was Ms. Gluckin's niece, Debra Rigano. Ms. Rigano, the account clerk for the school district, admitted to stealing $852,231 and pleaded guilty in November of last year to Grand Larceny in the second degree. She has admitted to stealing $852,231, all of which she has been ordered by the court to pay back to the Roslyn School District. Thus far, Ms. Rigano has returned $75,000. Additional proceeds are expected to be returned upon the sale of personal assets, including a Florida home she is in joint ownership of. She received a sentence of two-to-six years in prison. Stephen Signorelli, a principal of WordPower, a Roslyn School District vendor, pleaded guilty on Jan. 18 to Grand Larceny in the second degree. District Attorney Rice, in holding Signorelli to the top indicted count and requiring full restitution in the amount of $219,000, recommended an upstate prison sentence of one-to-three years. On March 16 of this year, the Honorable Alan L. Honorof sentenced Signorelli to one-to-three years in prison and full restitution for his role in the heist. Andrew Miller, a former partner at the accounting firm Miller, Lilly & Pearce, LLP, and the Roslyn School District's auditor, pleaded guilty in November of last year to Tampering with Public Records in the first degree. Despite District Attorney Kathleen Rice's recommendation of two-to-six years in prison, he was sentenced in January to four months in jail and five years of probation.

John McCormick, son of Pamela Gluckin, was charged with Grand Larceny in the second degree and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the first degree. McCormick pleaded guilty to both charges in March and in June received five years of probation, 100 hours of community service, and an order to pay full restitution in the amount of $83,982.54. In addition, McCormick agreed to pay $104,958.56 in forfeiture, which represents stolen money and items given to him by his mother, and has been credited against Ms. Gluckin's restitution order.

The scandal also resulted in a whole new school board, as members who served during the years of embezzlement either resigned or were defeated in re-election bids. A longtime principal at Roslyn High School also resigned as the scandal unfolded.