Overview

• The Justice Department announced on August 15 that Mitch William Gross, 34, was sentenced to four months in federal prison.
• Prosecutors said he used Ruan Transportation Corporation credit cards from September 2021 to October 2022 to buy prepaid gift cards, Pokémon trading cards, and gaming items.
• Court records state he concealed the spending by submitting falsified receipts and mischaracterizing the charges as legitimate business expenses.
• The FBI and Des Moines Police Department led the investigation into the misuse of the corporate cards.
• Gross was ordered to pay $146,590.15 in restitution and will serve three years of supervised release, with no parole available in the federal system.