TOPEKA – A former parts manager for a truck center in Salina been sentenced to 12 months in prison for embezzling from the company. He was ordered to pay $577,845 in restitution.

35-year-old Jamie D. Wood of Salina, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud.

In his plea, he admitted that while he was a parts manager for Kansas Truck Center in Salina. He created false invoices causing the company to mail checks totaling more than $577,000 to a fictitious vender in Kansas. The false invoices were made to show that KTC purchased truck parts from a friend of the defendant even though the company had received no goods or services from the defendant’s friend.