Former Business Owner Gets 7.5 Years in Prison

Posted on February 17th, 2006

Steven E. Whiting, the former owner of Badger Die Casting, Inc. was sentenced today to 90 months in federal prison. He will also serve three years on supervised release and pay $921,000 in restitution. Whiting was convicted by a jury in May 2005 of ten counts of criminal conversion. He was convicted for spending employees’ health insurance premiums on personal items, leaving the employees without health insurance coverage.

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