A former chief financial officer for McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter has been sentenced to five years in prison after admitting that he embezzled more than $1.5 million from the firm and evaded state income taxes.

John Dunlea, 61, was sentenced by Morris County Superior Court Judge Stephen J. Taylor on Friday. He also was ordered to pay more than $20,000 to the state as restitution.