WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – A Colby accountant faces 48 months in federal prison for defrauding clients of his accounting firm out of more than $400,000. The U.S. Department of Justice said said that these defrauded clients of 45-year-old Quintin Flanagin were his relatives.
Court documents show that Flanagan pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, one count of false statements and one count of money laundering.
The Justice Department said that Flanagan, a certified public accountant, “used his status as a signatory on his clients’ business account and trust account to make unauthorized transactions.”…