(WXYZ) — The owner of two Michigan timber harvesting companies has been charged with eight felony counts of embezzlement.
Norman Kasubowski, 53, is the owner of Great Lakes Forest Products and Northern Timber Producers Inc. He is accused of lying to landowners about the amount of timber he took from their properties to avoid paying them the full value owed.
Each of Kasubowski's charges is punishable by up to five years in prison.
“Anyone who enters into a contract with the operator of a business should be treated fairly by that business – not cheated out of what’s rightfully theirs,” Attorney General Dana Nessel said. “When Michigan companies fail in their obligation to tell the truth to their customers, they must answer for their actions.”
