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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The former Salt Lake City branch manager for an electrical supply distribution business has been charged with using company credit cards for personal travel and entertainment.
Matthew Rison of Provo was charged Thursday in 3rd District by the Utah Attorney General's Office with second-degree felony counts of theft, communications fraud and engaging in a pattern of unlawful activity.
KSL reports (http://bit.ly/1C2jhQP ) the 41-year-old Tison worked for Gexpro between December 2013 and October 2014.
According to charging documents, he used company credit cards to finance a fishing trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a golf trip to Scotland and a trip with his girlfriend to Washington, D.C.
Rison is accused of making about $26,000 in unauthorized purchases on two company credit cards.
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