United States v. Paul Kaufman

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge GARLAND.

GARLAND, Chief Judge:

Paul Kaufman was a salaried employee at a nonprofit that received federal funds. Feeling “overworked and undercompensat-ed,” Kaufman formed two outside companies and used his position at the nonprofit to approve invoices in their name. Between 2004 and 2012, Kaufman employed this scheme to pay himself over $110,000 in additional compensation. He also used the nonprofit’s credit cards to pay for a variety of personal expenses, totaling at least $46,000. Once discovered, he pled guilty to embezzling from an organization…