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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
April 28, 2009
CLIENT SERVICE MANAGER SENTENCED FOR STEALING $1.6 MILLION
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – Eric J. Journey, 29, Kansas City, Kan., has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for stealing more than $1.6 million from Multi-Service Aviation in Overland Park, Kan, Acting U.S. Attorney Marietta Parker said today.
Multi-Service Aviation is owned by U.S. Bank and provides credit cards to individuals and corporations for fuel and other aviation services. In a plea entered in December 2008, Journey admitted that while he was a client service manager for Multi-Service Aviation, he initiated wire transfers to pay vendors and diverted those vendor payments into his own bank account at Bank of America.
Journey opened a fictitious checking account at Bank of America under the name Journey Aviation Services. He then initiated wire transfers listing legitimate vendors but directing payment to his own bank account. As a result, he illegally obtained more than $1.6 million.
Parker commended the U.S. Secret Service, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly Hare and Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Rask for their work on the case.
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