The felony charges carry maximum prison sentences of 30 years and three years in prison.
by Dan Margolies, Kansas News Service
A former administrator at the University of Kansas Medical Center faces criminal charges that he embezzled more than $500,000 from KU.
A charging document filed this week in federal court accuses Michael Ahlers of diverting the money from the KUMC Credit Union between 2009 and 2015.
Ahlers, a resident of Lenexa, Kansas, was the administrator of the med center’s occupational therapy education department. According to the complaint, he was the sole signatory on the credit union account.
The document also charges him with income tax evasion because he allegedly failed to report the money on his tax returns.
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Michael Ahlers faces felony charges of bank fraud and tax evasion.
The felony charges respectively carry maximum prison sentences of 30 years and three years in prison.
A former administrator at the University of Kansas Medical Center faces criminal charges that he embezzled more than $500,000 from KU.
A charging document filed this week in federal court accuses Michael Ahlers of diverting the money from the KUMC Credit Union between 2009 and 2015.
Ahlers, a resident of Lenexa, Kansas, was the administrator of the med center’s occupational therapy education department. According to the complaint, he was the sole signatory on the credit union account.
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