Two Fitchburg men were sentenced Friday in a fraud and money laundering scheme that totaled losses over $320,000, according to the U.S. attorney?s office.

Steve Schmidt, 56, was sentenced to 42 months in prison. Darren Ulatowski, 47, was sentenced to 15 months.

Schmidt pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit money laundering in February. Ulatowski pleaded guilty to mail fraud in February. The two were charged with participating in a scheme to defraud ?It?s Your Party,? a Madison party event company where Schmidt worked, a release said.

The defendants misused property and personnel from ?It?s Your Party? for their own personal purposes, which included the funding of a floral shop in Verona owned by Ulatowski called "House of Flowers" in order to keep the business solvent and operational. In his plea agreement, Schmidt agreed that the fraud loss totaled $323,948.

A Fitchburg mother accused of stabbing her 6-year-old daughter was sentenced to 40 years of commitment to an institution Wednesday in Dane County Circuit Court.

Judge Nicholas McNamara said Tasha Harmon, 30, will fulfill her "moral responsibility" by being committed and that her daughter will be able to recognize Harmon is getting help.

"If she knows you're working hard to be the best person you can be, that will make all the difference for her as she grows and becomes a young woman herself," the judge said.

Harmon was charged with attempted first-degree homicide. She pleaded not guilty but a judge said Harmon is not guilty due to mental disease or defect, and is not criminally responsible for the stabbing.

Prosecutors said Harmon stabbed her daughter seven times in the chest and back while the girl was sleeping at their Fitchburg apartment in August. She also stabbed herself.

Tasha Harmon spoke in court Wednesday.

Adrianna Harmon, the 6-year-old Fitchburg girl, who police say suffered stab wounds at the hands of her mother, is out of the hospital.

According to her family, she is living with a relative.

Harmon was released from the hospital Monday, two weeks after being stabbed seven times, three times in the chest and four times in the back.

Her mother, Tasha Harmon, told investigators the devil told her to stab and kill her daughter, police said. She will be in court for a preliminary hearing Wednesday.�

Donations to help the girl's recovery should be sent to:�

Adrianna Harmon Benefit
c/o Westby Co-op Credit Union
2403 U.S. Highway 14 East
PO Box 110
Richland Center, WI 53581