A South Carolina judge on Friday sentenced a to five more years in state prison for blowing through over with trips, spa days, plastic surgery and a BMW. Judge Dan Hall sentenced Lisa Buza Hill, 44, of Belmont, N.C.
, to the maximum five years under a plea deal between Hill and prosecutors in a hearing at the Moss Justice Center in York. Hill begged for a lenient sentence after pleading guilty to breach of trust. That’s a charge stemming from her time as chief financial officer in 2020 at GRH, a company in Rock Hill’s massive Riverwalk development.
But Hall said the 2020 Rock Hill theft is the worst he’s ever seen from a person in a position of authority. “I have never had someone appear in front of me on breach of trust charges this egregious in my 10 years of being a judge,” Hall said. “$1.
1 million, at least, that’s a huge amount.” Federal prosecutors already called Hill a convictions from companies in both Carolinas dating back to 2012. In the 2012 case, she stole over $800,000 from a Charlotte-area motorcycle business, testimony showed Friday.
Then, while paying off restitution, she took more than $22,000 from another Charlotte business. After that, she was convicted of wire fraud from the Riverwalk case. Stolen Rock Hill money Besides GRH, Hill also stole money from the homeowners association at Riverwalk, prosecutors and company officials said in court.
Hill was in charge of the money for eight months in 2020 before being caught. “She has been given ch.
