Source: US FBI
Paducah, KY – A Clarksville, Tennessee, man was sentenced on June 21, 2025, to 1 year and 8 months in federal prison for engaging in a scheme to defraud his former employer.
U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky and Acting Special Agent in Charge Olivia Olson of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Louisville Field Office made the announcement.
Timothy Allen Pew, 43, was sentenced to 1 year and 8 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for seven counts of wire fraud. According to court documents, between March 2023 and January 2023, Pew committed wire fraud by engaging in a scheme to embezzle over $250,000 from his employer. Pew, who was employed as a purchasing manager for a manufacturing company in western Kentucky, embezzled the funds from the company by using a company credit card to transfer money to his personal PayPal account.
Pew was also ordered to pay $257,400.08 in restitution.
“Pew engaged in a brazen pattern of lies and deception from the outset, lying to his employer about his prior relevant experience, engaging in multiple fraudulent transactions on the company credit card once employed, and then creating a paper trail to cover it all up,” said U.S. Attorney Bumgarner. “This sentence reflects the egregiousness of Pew’s conduct.”
There is no parole in the federal system.
This case was investigated by the FBI Hopkinsville Satellite Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Raymond McGee, of the U.S. Attorney’s Paducah Branch Office, prosecuted the case.
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