Utah Man Sentenced In $250K Embezzlement Case

Bart Andersen, 39, of Hooper, Utah, was sentenced to one year in prison after pleading guilty last February to charges he embezzled about $250,000 from Big D Construction, where he had been employed. Specifically, Anderson plead guilty to two counts of communications fraud and one count of theft by deception. Anderson allegedly misused company credit cards to pay for personal expenses, such as travel, meals and automobile expenses, among others. Anderson had been employed as a senior project manager for Big D Construction since 2005. Authorities also prosecuted a co-defendant and alleged co-conspirator, Kent Bruce McKenzie, 43, of Syracuse, Utah, who worked as a subcontractor to Big D. The schemes spanned approximately nearly 2 years from May 2007 until March 2009, when Anderson was

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