Share it An Atascadero, California, woman was sentenced March 16 to serve 10 years and four months in state prison following her plea of no contest to 18 counts of embezzlement, two counts of forgery and one count of attempted embezzlement of a local construction company she worked for. Joy Wilde, 43, pleaded no contest to every charge alleged against her, including an allegation that she stole more than $500,000. The admission to stealing more than $500,000 requires Wilde to serve her sentence in state prison, as opposed to county jail, according to a release from the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's office. Joy Wilde