Friday, February 18, 2011

2 Accused In Kickback Scheme That Bilked Missouri Company Out Of $1 Million

Jason Paul Mitchell, 34, of Jackson, Missouri and Rajiv M. Toprani, 30, of Clarksville, Tennessee, have been accused of conspiring to bilk nearly $1 million from The DeWitt Company of Sikeston, Missouri. According to authorities, Mitchell (left), who was employed as purchasing manager at DeWitt, colluded with Toprani (right), owner of KT America, a DeWitt supplier, who agreed to make kickback payments in exchange for exclusivity. The scheme reportedly spanned about 7 years from 2003 until 2010 where Mitchell and another employee netted some $950,000. The unnamed employee is believed to be DeWitt former CFO, Richard Potter, who has not been criminally charged at this time. Potter reportedly admitted to doctoring company financials to make the kickbacks appear legitimate.

Read the story here and here.

3 comments:

Chris Marquet said...

Read the news stories.

Anonymous said...

People are jumping the guns before a judgment or even presentation of the truth before the court; Looks like Dewitt is Issues paid News stories is its favor, in order to influence the Jury!

Anonymous said...

The anonymous is saying all crap. Did he loose money like dewitt did. Then only he will understand the depth of the crime