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Federal prosecutors have charged a man from New Market with defrauding a Chaska company of more than $300,000 by using its checks to pay for personal expenses.
Nicholas Alfred Thull, 37, faces one charge of mail fraud for using the U.S. Postal Service to carry out the scheme, according to records filed in federal court last month. He allegedly bilked $311,976 worth of money and property from Entegris Inc.
He had been scheduled for arraignment and a plea hearing Monday in St. Paul, but the hearing was postponed until Sept. 8.
Thull was charged by "information," which indicates that he is contemplating a plea bargain.
Thull could not be reached Monday for comment. An Entegris spokesman declined to comment concerning pending litigation.
The charges state that Thull made false claims for business expenses to pay personal ones, including a 2005 payment for an education loan for $43,000 that he had Entegris mail to a Dallas bank.
The fraud allegedly occurred from June 2003 through June 2006.
Entegris, which makes products for the microelectronics industry, ranked 49th on this year's Star Tribune 100 list of Minnesota's largest public companies.
Matt McKinney • 612-673-7329
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