This was no ordinary shoplifting incident. This is a tale about a serious delinquent who stole more than $6 million from a grocery store chain.
Christopher Pratt handled finances at a grocery chain in Michigan and robbed them of more than $6 million. As reported in detroit.cbslocal.com.
The 42-year-old thief faces up to 20 years in prison.
He stole the money by diverting funds from the food centers’ accounts to pay his personal credit card bills.
Pratt wasn’t spending all the cash on carts of food, however, he confessed to FBI agents that he primarily used the stolen funds to finance and maintain a fleet of over 50 cars, including several vintage American muscle cars.
His fleet included 14 Ford Mustangs, seven Chevrolet Chevelles, four Dodge Challengers, five Chevrolet Camaros, four Jeep Wranglers, three Buick Skylarks, two Plymouth Barracudas, a Plymouth Fury, Pontiac GTO and Ford Torino.
Pratt also purchased at least 25 parcels of real estate, mainly in Kalamazoo (MI), and used some of the millions to finance trips to Aruba, Las Vegas and Reno. Really, you have $6 million and you go to Reno?
His embezzlement scheme unraveled last year when an outside accounting consultant uncovered unusual account activities related to several of Pratt’s personal bank accounts. He may be behind bars for 20 years. I hope he is mandated to Michigan theft class while in jail.