(WMC-TV) – A former snack food executive was sentenced to almost three years in prison for embezzling about $425,000 from his former employer.

Charles Nichols pled guilty last year to stealing the money from Brimhall Foods Company, Inc., better known as Brim’s Snack Foods, over a period of 8 years.

Nichols served as the company’s vice president of finance and had the ability to write checks that were drawn on Brim’s accounts.

The 48-year-old admitted that he forged the signatures’ of other executives and then deposited the checks into his own accounts.

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Information provided by Cadence Bank

Memphis, TN (April 23, 2012) – In an effort to combat the growing problem of identity theft and fraud while helping to preserve our environment, Cadence Bank and Cintas® Document Management will sponsor the sixth-annual Community Shred Days. Memphis residents and businesses are invited to bring old and unwanted documents to Cadence Bank locations, where they will be securely destroyed free of charge. 

The events are:

Wednesday, April 25th
Folk’s Folly Branch
591 South Mendenhall
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Friday, April 27th
Union Branch
1516 Union Avenue
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

“Identity theft continues to be a problem that affects people and businesses across our community in many different ways,” said Tom Martin, President of Cadence Bank in Memphis.