Apple Valley Man Sentenced For Swindling From Rosemount Athletic Association

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- An Apple Valley man was sentenced Tuesday for stealing more than $100,000 from the Rosemount Athletic Association after being the group's finance director for 27 years.

Robert Steven Reischauer, 63, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 20 years of probation for thefts from the Rosemount Area Athletic Association from 2011 to 2013. He was also ordered to pay $113,532 in restitution.

He had been charged with five felony counts of theft in the case. Reischauer pleaded guilty to all five counts in the case back in August.

According to the criminal complaint, RAAA conducted an audit while in between finance managers and found large sums of money missing. The RAAA believed the money had been taken by the former finance manager, Reischauer, as he was the only one with access to the RAAA's accounts.

In his position, Reischauer was allowed to spend up to $500 without authorization, but all the checks found were greater than that amount.

According to the complaint, officials also found that Reischauer had created PayPal and Amazon accounts in his name and had used $11,400 of RAAA money to pay for the things he bought on those accounts.

The audit also found Reischauer issued himself extra pay checks totaling $11,500 over what he is normally paid.