FAIRFIELD, Calif. — A Fairfield man and chief financial officer of a holding company will spend the next three years in prison after embezzling around $1.9 million.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said 53-year-old Christopher Firle was the CFO of a holding company managing vehicle dealerships.
From Jan. 2016 to Sept. 2019, he stole about $1.9 million from the company through a variety of ways, including using company cards to pay for $750,000 of personal expenses for items from Chanel, Hermes, Tiffany & Co., and other retailers.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Firle also started more than 30 wire transfers to a family member and issued 30 unauthorized checks to himself.
In addition to his three year and five month sentence, he must pay $1,937,706 in restitution and forfeit $1,652,269.
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