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Man pleads to stealing $1.8M from shopping network QVC

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A man who spent several years as the lighting manager for online and TV shopping network QVC Inc. has pleaded guilty to stealing about $1.8 million from the company.

The defense attorney for 59-year-old Douglas Rae, of Bethlehem, says he'll now focus on trying to limit whatever sentence is imposed Dec. 12 by a federal judge in Philadelphia.Prosecutors say Rae stole the money from West Chester, Pennsylvania-based QVC by submitting bogus invoices from two lighting companies he controlled between 2006 and 2013. Rae also allegedly funneled other phony invoices to QVC through two others who have already pleaded guilty and were set to testify against him before Monday's guilty plea.Rae used the money to buy jewelry, yacht and golf club memberships, $83,000 in restaurant tabs and other lavish expenses.