A federal jury in Lexington has convicted three people from Nicholasville on numerous counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering.
The Department of Justice said that the evidence presented shows 70-year-old James Minton, 65-year-old Joyce Minton, and 43-year-old Aaron Brooke Warren conspired to defraud their employer, Clark Machine Tool and Die of Nicholasville.
A press release from the Department of Justice said that the criminal conspiracy took place from February 2000 through May 2016 and that it resulted in a loss in excess of $1,500,000.
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The business was defrauded by using company checks and credit cards to purchase personal items, by cashing and keeping company petty cash checks, by issuing themselves extra paychecks, and by inflating their paychecks. The press release stated that they also kept money that customers had paid the company for work, converting those funds to their personal use.
Joyce Minton was the officer manager and bookkeeper for the company, her son Aaron Warren was the company’s shop supervisor, and her husband James Minton was a contractor.
Joyce Minton was convicted of 46 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering on Monday.
Warren was convicted of 34 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, and money laundering; and James Minton was convicted of 7 counts of conspiracy and mail fraud.
They are scheduled to be sentenced on September 25.
