A Fresno man has been sentenced to prison for embezzling from his company.
U.S. Attorney Phillip Talbert announced Friday that Gabriel Ruiz De Chavez, 47, has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison.
The big picture: Ruiz De Chavez worked as an operations manager for a Fresno-based trucking company from 2004 to 2020.
- From 2012 to 2019, Ruiz De Chavez generated fake invoices for genuine vendors for goods and services.
- Ruiz De Chavez presented the fake invoices and corresponding checks made out to the real vendors with his employer’s signature. He went on to deposit the checks into his own personal bank account.
- Ruiz De Chavez used the funds to pay for personal expenses, including credit card payments, cash withdrawals, mortgage payments, vacations and car loans.
- In total, he created over 600 fake invoices and checks, embezzling $1.561 million.
