The former general manager and the controller of the Argyle Country Club (Silver Springs, Md.) were each sentenced to more than four years in prison for their roles in a scheme to steal more than $1 million from the club, according to a news release from the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland.
According to Maryland Business Gazette, Sajjad Nazar Mahar served as the general manager of the club when the scheme took place. From 2001 to 2006, Mahar and Akinyeme Bamisaiye manipulated Argyle’s payroll with fictitious employees and former employees, depositing illegal paychecks totaling $1.3 million into their personal accounts, court documents stated. Bamisaiye served as the comptroller of the club at the time, according to court documents.
Both men are accused of using the stolen money toward buying personal houses and cars; Mahar also wrote checks from the country club to Mahar Farms, a business he owned, according to court documents. They were required to forfeit a combined total amount of $1.3 million as part of their sentencing in the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, according to the release.
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