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A designer embezzlement ACI Boland Architects of Kansas City was betrayed by an office manager who, over a decade, funneled millions into secret bank accounts.
By RICHARD MASSEY Managing Editor
aggravated identity theft in a decade-long cam- paign of embezzlement that saw her accumulate an extraordinary array of payments for credit cards, transfers to family members, entertainment and travel, and dining, among other expenses, even though her authorized salary could be as much as $88,900 a year with bonuses. Employed at the firm from 1998 to her resigna- tion in March of this year, Barnes inflated her sal- ary with unauthorized disbursements through payroll from 2006 to 2011, and gave herself pay- ments through forged payroll checks from 2010 to 2016, according to the case file in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Barnes kept five separate accounts at four different banks. She was the office manager at ACI Boland since at least 2008. Barnes faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1-million fine on the charge of wire fraud, the
A long-time office manager at one of Kansas City’s top design firms, ACI Boland Archi- tects , recently pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling nearly $5.3 million in a two-pronged scheme that apparently financed a lavish lifestyle outside the office. Jane Barnes, 53, of Lee’s Summit, in early August pleaded guilty to wire fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft in a decade-long campaign of embezzlement.
Jane Barnes, 53, of Lee’s Summit, in early Au- gust pleaded guilty to wire fraud, bank fraud, and
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