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Approximately $356,102 was reported stolen by C.R.I. Construction Tuesday.
An employee, Marvin Christopher Whitehead, 39, was arrested in connection with the missing funds.
Whitehead was preliminarily charged with forgery by the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department, and booked on a $100,000 bond Thursday.
According to police reports, on Sept. 20, 2002, Whitehead opened an allegedly fraudulent C.R.I. Construction business account at Farmers State Bank, Mentone. He allegedly collected checks from customers and deposited them directly into the account without authorization from business owner Mavis Whitehead. He then had bank workers make out cashier's checks directly to him, police said.
Christopher Whitehead reportedly had misappropriated business funds once before and was removed from financial authority in 1999.
Police said Christopher Whitehead admitted the theft to his family, but said if prosecuted he would flee to Mexico.
