OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - The longtime owner of a barbecue restaurant pleaded guilty to using customers’ credit cards to fund spending sprees.
Matthew Sander, owner of Smokin’ Joe’s Bar-B-Q in Olathe, pleaded guilty Thursday to seven counts of identity theft, four counts of theft and one count of criminal use of a credit card.
The Kansas City Star reports a plea agreement calls for Sander to serve a year in prison and make full restitution.
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Assistant District Attorney Alex Scott said two of the cases Sander pleaded guilty to involved him using credit cards customers had inadvertently left behind at the restaurant.
In a third case, Sander stole a woman’s purse from her seat at a restaurant bar in Overland Park and used her debit card.
He will be sentenced Jan. 9.
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Information from: The Kansas City Star, http://www.kcstar.com
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