August 7, 2018
Federal Court Orders Kansas City Area Business Owner to Pay $4.3 Million in Restitution, Serve Prison Term for Fraud and Theft of Employee Benefit Plan
KANSAS CITY, KS – The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas has sentenced Leavenworth, Kansas, business owner Brenda Wood to serve 50 months of imprisonment followed by an additional five years of supervised release, and to make more than $4.3 million in restitution for bank fraud and violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Wood previously pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud and one count of theft from an employee benefit plan.