From the Santa Clara Valley Signal on 11/6/2014:
A former finance manager of a television production studio was sentenced this
morning to two years in federal prison for embezzling approximately $2.5 million
from the Culver City company.
Nolan Mitchell Ransdell, 41, of Canyon Country, was sentenced by United
States District Judge George Wu. In addition to the prison term, Judge Wu
ordered Ransdell to pay $2,458,589 in restitution.
Ransdell previously pleaded guilty to bank fraud and admitted that he stole
money from his employer, Studio Lambert USA, which is now known as All3Media
America. Ransdell embezzled the money in several ways, including forging an
executive’s signature on checks Ransdell had made out to himself. Ransdell also
took checks that the executive had pre-signed for “emergency” use and made
himself the payee.
In addition, Ransdell made checks payable to a
subordinate, and then instructed that employee to cash the checks and return the
money to him. Ransdell also made unauthorized cash withdrawals from Studio
Lambert’s bank accounts.
Studio Lambert USA, a subsidiary of a British
studio, produced television shows for distribution in the United States,
including Undercover Boss.
Studio Lambert’s parent company noticed that
the accounting for the production accounts was not consistent with the
accounting for the corporate accounts.
When asked to explain the
differences, Ransdell made up excuses, for instance, saying that discrepancies
were the result of payment delays in connection with prepaid debit cards.
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