Police: Cobb man stole more than $5M from employer
A Cobb County man who allegedly stole millions from his employer was arrested while visiting a Disney property in Florida.
According to the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago, Ernest R. Jenkins of Kennesaw allegedly took more than $5 million from Aon Hewitt, where he worked as a business operations manager. Aon Hewitt is in Illinois, but has an office in Atlanta.
Jenkins, 45, was arrested April 6 and charged with theft in excess of $1 million, money laundering and computer fraud, according to the newspaper.
He was expected to be extradited to Illinois this week, the Daily Herald reported.
Jenkins is being held in the Orange County Jail in lieu of $3 million bond.
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