INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A former financial comptroller for a North Kansas City company has been sentenced to two years and three months in federal prison for embezzling more than $247,000.
Forty-eight-year-old John Kruse, of Independence, also was ordered Monday to pay restitution. The U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release that he stole the money over a four-year period while working at BCC Merchant Solutions. The release said the money was used to pay for trips to Las Vegas and Disneyland as well as for personal expenses, including ...