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BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"FBIThe former chief financial officer of Popeyes’ Fried Chicken and Biscuits franchise restaurants plead guilty to wire fraud and embezzlement from a bankruptcy estate, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

William “Wil” Ros<\/strong>, 45, of\u00a0\u00a0Cortez, Florida, guilty pleas are related to his management and operation of Fundamental Provisions, LLC., a local company, officials announced last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

The guilty pleas arise from his management and operation of Fundamental Provisions, LLC, a local company which operated 30 Popeyes\u2019 Fried Chicken restaurants in Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Jeffrey S. Sallet<\/strong> stated: \u201cThe FBI\u2019s Baton Rouge Resident Agency aggressively pursues those individuals who seek to unjustly enrich themselves at the expense of others.\u00a0 The FBI, with the exemplary support of our partners in the United States Attorney\u2019s Office, will continue our work ensuring the integrity of the bankruptcy system and delivering those individuals responsible for corporate fraud to justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the facts, Fundamental Provisions, LLC<\/strong> was a business based in Gonzales, Louisiana.\u00a0 Fundamental owned and operated 30 Popeyes\u2019 Fried Chicken and Biscuits franchise restaurants in Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fundamental had gross annual revenues in excess of $20,000,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ros was the Chief Financial Officer of Fundamental.<\/span><\/p>\n

As CFO, Ros was responsible for the daily management and operations of multiple Popeyes restaurants located in Alabama and Florida, including supervision of, and frequent communication with various store managers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ros was also responsible for assuring that funds generated by each restaurant were used for the benefit of Fundamental.<\/span><\/p>\n

In December 2009, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, Fundamental sought, and received, bankruptcy protection which authorized the company to reorganize its management and restructure its debt so that it could continue operating its business and thereafter pay debts it owed to numerous creditors.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Chief Restructuring Officer was employed in January 2010 and authorized by the Bankruptcy Court to control all business operations, including disbursements of company funds, employment of key personnel, and incurrence of debt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The CRO employed and paid ROS to act as Fundamental\u2019s CFO.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the facts presented at his re-arraignment hearing, because the reorganized company was unable to make payments to its creditors as promised in December 2011, Fundamental was placed in involuntary bankruptcy in March 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Trustee was appointed by a Bankruptcy Judge for the purpose of liquidating the company\u2019s assets in order to pay substantial debts owed by Fundamental to its creditors.\u00a0 With approval of the Bankruptcy Judge, the Trustee appointed a Chief Operating Officer to assist with the liquidation process.\u00a0 The COO continued ROS\u2019s employment as Fundamental CFO until in or about May 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

From August 2009 through May 2012, ROS engaged in a scheme to defraud Fundamental and obtain company money by means of materially false and fraudulent pretenses, promises, and representations.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the factual recitation at the re-arraignment hearing, the purpose of the scheme was to enrich himself using funds he diverted from Fundamental, and to conceal his diversions of company funds from officials administering Fundamental\u2019s Bankruptcy Court proceedings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ros executed his scheme by using his position as Fundamental\u2019s CFO to cause restaurant managers to divert restaurant revenues to his personal benefit.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

He also allegedly caused store managers to mischaracterize and cause the recording of fictitious purchases to disguise the fact that he had caused managers to remove funds from the restaurants\u2019 cash registers for his personal benefit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beginning in August 2009, ROS directed an Alabama store manager to remove monies from restaurant cash registers and either deliver it to him (ROS) or mail FedEx packages of cash to persons identified byROS.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beginning in March 2010, ROS directed a second Alabama store manager to remove monies from restaurant cash registers and deposit the monies into bank accounts controlled by ROS, including Ros\u2019 girlfriend, his golf club supplier, and family friend.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ros also used the store managers to divert restaurant funds and directed them to send packages of cash to various persons, including his girlfriend, his golf club supplier, and the seller of a Ford GT race car.<\/span><\/p>\n

In total, Ros embezzled approximately $966,257 from the Alabama restaurants during the course of the pending bankruptcy proceedings.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the indictment, Ros allegedly used the stolen money by purchasing a $225,000 race car and upgrading, renovating, and furnishing his Florida home.<\/span><\/p>\n

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