Thomas Hauk, $4 Million Embezzlement, Missouri 2015

Accountant Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for $4 Million Embezzlement Scheme

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that Thomas Hauk, 42, of Overland Park, Kan., was sentenced in federal court today for an embezzlement scheme in which he stole more than $4 million from his firm’s clients and purchased dozens of luxury vehicles.

Hauk was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to 9 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Hauk to pay $4,157,306 in restitution to his victims.

Hauk was employed as an accountant at Assured Management Company from approximately 2005 to July 2015. He voluntarily resigned in 2015 to begin employment at a new financial management company, JIM Management, with one of the victims of his fraud scheme. JIM quickly dissolved when the underlying investigation related to Hauk’s embezzlement at Assured Management began to unfold in July 2015.

Between 2006 and July 2015, Hauk engaged in several schemes to defraud Assured Management clients by embezzling funds from their accounts. The purpose of each scheme was to steal money for Hauk’s own financial use and personal gain to pay living expenses during two marriages and divorces, to send money to a paramour, and to purchase valuable items and motor vehicles, including the purchase of high-dollar vehicles, trailers, jewelry and motorcycles.

For example, Hauk purchased a 2006 Ford GT for $223,249, a 2009 Ferrari for $205,953 and a 2014 Ducati motorcycle for $64,160. Hauk stored the vehicles and motorcycles in three storage units he purchased in Kansas City, Mo., for $163,500.

In a separate civil proceeding, the government has seized 33 luxury cars, high-end motorcycles and other vehicles still in Hauk’s possession, which he had purchased for a total of $1,651,146. Hauk bought and traded expensive vehicles on a continuing basis until discovery of his fraud in July 2015. He used proceeds stolen from Assured Management clients, laundering the funds through companies he created, making down payments, paying existing liens, making regular large monthly payments and purchasing vehicles outright.

Hauk used his ill-gotten gains to support a lavish lifestyle for himself, including expensive cars, jewelry, credit card bills and vacations. During a five-year period, Hauk spent approximately $1,207,639 using three credit cards to purchase such items as:

• $30,500 at Hannoush Jewelry on a 2.5 karat diamond ring

• $2,400 at Alexander McQueen on a handbag

• $4,725 at Hannoush Jewelry on a 1887 Carrera bracelet

• $6,458 at Hannoush Jewelry on a Tag Heuer Carrera watch

• $4,464 at Hannoush Jewelry on another Carrera 1887 bracelet

• $8,000 at Custom Wheels related to vehicle accessories

• $10,123 at Reno’s Powersports related to motorcycles and vehicle accessories

• $24,555 on insurance related expenses

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