CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a man who worked at the J.M. Smucker Co. for 16 years
stole more than $4 million by buying and selling aircraft parts through a phony company.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Cleveland said Thursday that 54-year-old Mark Kershey has been charged with
mail fraud. Kershey, formerly the chief airplane mechanic at the Akron-Canton Airport for the large food
products company, devised a false billing scheme using a fictitious company, court documents said.
mail fraud. Kershey, formerly the chief airplane mechanic at the Akron-Canton Airport for the large food
products company, devised a false billing scheme using a fictitious company, court documents said.
Court documents said Kershey submitted false invoices to the Orrville-based Smucker Co. In nearly all
instances, the invoices were for nonexistent parts or for outside services that he actually performed as
part of his salaried job duties.
No attorney information was available for Kershey.
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