Matthew Price, Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri
Matthew Price, Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri
A Kansas City man has been sentenced in federal court for embezzling $612,000 from his employer. Jeremy M. Ubben, 41, received a sentence of 33 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release from U.S. District Judge Greg Kays.
Ubben was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $612,000 to his former employer, $127,589 to the Internal Revenue Service, and $27,038 to the State of Missouri. Additionally, he must forfeit $40,000 in laundered funds to the government.
On February 5, 2025, Ubben pleaded guilty to wire fraud, income tax evasion, and money laundering charges. He admitted that between March 2023 and August 2024 he used his position as business manager at a law firm to submit false reimbursement requests through the firm's payroll processing program. Court documents state these fictitious business expense claims totaled tens of thousands of dollars.
Ubben also acknowledged laundering proceeds from the theft through his TD Ameritrade brokerage account.
He further admitted failing to file a federal income tax return for tax year 2023 despite having taxable income of $262,000 that year. The federal tax loss amounted to $98,785.30 while the state tax loss was $27,038.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Constance following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations and IRS Criminal Investigations.
"This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Constance. It was investigated by the Homeland Security Investigations and the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations."
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