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 CORSICANA (CBSDFW.COM) — Sandy Jenkins, a former executive at the Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, and his wife, Kay Jenkins, were sentenced today on felony convictions stemming from Sandy Jenkins’s embezzlement of approximately $16 million from the Bakery. 
  
 Sandy Jenkins was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to serve a total of 120 months in federal prison. Judge Kinkeade sentenced Kay Jenkins to five years’ probation. She was further ordered to complete 100 hours of community service and to submit a formal apology in writing to the Bakery. 
  
 Sandy Jenkins, 66, served as the Corporate Controller for the Bakery from February 1998 to June 21, 2013. After the Bakery discovered the fraud, he was terminated on June 21, 2013. He pleaded guilty in May 2014 to one count of mail fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and one count of making a false statement to a financial institution. Kay Jenkins, 64, of Corsicana, pleaded guilty in May 2015 to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. 
  
 According to documents filed in the case and evidence proffered at the sentencing hearing, beginning at least as early as December 2004, and continuing until his termination from the Bakery, Sandy Jenkins engaged in a massive scheme to defraud the Bakery. During that time, he embezzled more than $16 million from the Bakery, and he and his wife, Kay Jenkins, used that money to bank-roll a lavish lifestyle. The government introduced evidence at sentencing identifying the 223 trips on private jets as well as the locations (primarily Santa Fe, New Mexico; Aspen, Colorado; and Napa, California, among other places), with a total cost that exceeded $3.3 million. 
  
 The government also showed at sentencing that the Jenkins purchased 38 vehicles during the course of the scheme, including many Lexus automobiles, a Mercedes Benz, a Bentley, and a Porsche. According to evidence proffered at sentencing, Sandy Jenkins and Kay Jenkins purchased a new automobile every time they needed an oil change. The government further established at sentencing that the Jenkins spent over $11 million on a Black American Express card alone—roughly $98,000 per month over the course of the scheme—for a couple that had a legitimate income, through the Bakery, of approximately $50,000 per year. The evidence at sentencing also established that a significant portion of stolen funds (approximately $1.2 million) were spent at Neiman Marcus at Northpark in Dallas where Sandy Jenkins and Kay Jenkins had nicknames, “Fruitcake” and “Cupcake,” respectively. The government further proffered evidence at sentencing that the Jenkins stopped shopping at Neiman Marcus when Neiman’s ran out of things to sell them. 
  
 Based on the evidence at sentencing, the Court determined that the total loss as a result of Sandy Jenkins’s offense was $16,766,645.70. Through the efforts of law enforcement in this case, the government recovered approximately $4,000,000 in property and cash that will be turned over to the Bakery as partial restitution for the losses suffered in this case. That includes the following: (a) four vehicles, including a 2005 Lexus SC, a 2010 Mercedes Benz CL550, a 2013 GMC Yukon Denali, and a 2013 BMW X53 (having an approximate value of $150,000); (b) 532 luxury items, including 41 bracelets, 15 pairs of cufflinks, 21 pairs of earrings, 16 furs, 61 handbags, 45 necklaces, 9 sets of pearls, 55 rings, and 98 watches (having an approximate value of $3.5 million); $580,754.90 in cash; a wine collection (having an approximate value of $50,000.00); and a Steinway electronic piano (having a value of $58,500.00). As a result of the turnover of property, the Court ordered restitution jointly and severally for Sandy and Kay Jenkins in the amount of $12,697,921.79 to be paid to the Bakery. 
  
 The FBI conducted the investigation with assistance from the Corsicana Police Department and the Austin Police Department. 
  
 (©2015 CBS Local Media, a division of CBS Radio Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.) ||||| Embezzler & Wife Bought a New Car Every Time They Needed an Oil Change DALLAS (CN) - A fruitcake executive was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in federal prison for embezzling $16.7 million, some of which he and his wife spent at Neiman Marcus until the store ran out of things to sell them. 
  
 Sandy Jenkins, 64, of Corsicana, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade. 
  
 Jenkins' wife, Kay, 64, was sentenced to 5 years probation and 100 hours of community service and ordered to write an apology to the bakery. 
  
 They were ordered to pay $12.7 million in restitution. 
  
 Prosecutors said Jenkins ran "a massive scheme to defraud" the bakery from December 2004 until he was fired in June 2013. 
  
 "During that time, he embezzled more than $16 million from the bakery, and he and his wife, Kay Jenkins, used that money to bankroll a lavish lifestyle," prosecutors said Wednesday. "The government introduced evidence at sentencing identifying the 223 trips on private jets as well as the locations (primarily Santa Fe, New Mexico; Aspen, Colorado; and Napa, California, among other places), with a total cost that exceeded $3.3 million. The government also showed at sentencing that the Jenkins purchased 38 vehicles over the course of the scheme, including many Lexus automobiles, a Mercedes Benz, a Bentley, and a Porsche." 
  
 The couple bought a new car every time they needed an oil change, prosecutors said. 
  
 Jenkins pleaded guilty in May to mail fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and making a false statement to a financial institution. 
  
 He worked as corporate controller for the Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana from 1998 until he was fired in June 2013 when the fraud was discovered. As part of his plea, Jenkins agreed to pay full restitution. His wife pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit money laundering. 
  
 In addition to their 38 cars and 223 jet flights, prosecutors said: "The government further established at sentencing that the Jenkins spent over $11 million on a Black American Express card alone - roughly $98,000 per month over the course of the scheme - for a couple that had a legitimate income, through the bakery, of approximately $50,000 per year. The evidence at sentencing also established that a significant portion of stolen funds (approximately $1.2 million) were spent at Neiman Marcus at Northpark in Dallas where Sandy Jenkins and Kay Jenkins had nicknames, 'Fruitcake' and 'Cupcake,' respectively." 
  
 Prosecutors said at sentencing that the couple stopped shopping at Neiman Marcus after the store "ran out of things to sell" them. 
  
 Law enforcement was able to recover $4 million in property and cash for restitution, including four luxury cars, 41 bracelets, 15 pairs of cufflinks, 21 pairs of earrings, 16 furs, 61 handbags, 45 necklaces, 9 sets of pearls, 55 rings, 98 watches, a wine collection and a Steinway electronic piano. 
  
 Collin Street Bakery could not be reached for comment Wednesday evening. 
  
 Founded in 1896 by German immigrants, the bakery began its mail order business when members of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus asked for its cakes to be sent to family and friends in Europe. The bakery ships its fruitcakes and pecan cakes to 196 foreign countries, according to its website. |||||Summary:

– A former comptroller at Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas—famous for its fruitcakes—will have to go without as he spends the next 10 years behind bars. Prosecutors say Sandy Jenkins, 66, ran "a massive scheme to defraud" the bakery and forged 888 checks from December 2004 until he was eventually fired in June 2013. "During that time, he embezzled more than $16 million from the bakery, and he and his wife, Kay Jenkins, used that money to bankroll a lavish lifestyle," prosecutors say. Care to get a taste? It involved 223 trips on private jets to places like Aspen and Napa; a second home in New Mexico; a new car whenever they needed an oil change; $11 million charged on a single Black American Express card; and $1.2 million spent at a Neiman Marcus in Dallas, where Sandy and Kay were known as "Fruitcake" and "Cupcake," respectively, per the Courthouse News Service and Corsicana Daily Sun. They stopped shopping at the store only when it "ran out of things to sell" them, prosecutors say. Jenkins earlier pleaded guilty to mail fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and making a false statement to a financial institution. His wife, who also pleaded guilty to the money laundering charge, was sentenced to five years of probation and 100 hours of community service, and must pen an apology to the bakery. The couple must also pay $12.7 million in restitution after $4 million in cash and property was recovered, including a $150,000 car, 41 bracelets, 15 pairs of cufflinks, 21 pairs of earrings, 16 furs, 61 handbags, 45 necklaces, nine sets of pearls, 55 rings, 98 watches, a $50,000 wine collection, and a $58,000 Steinway electronic piano, report the CNS and CBS Dallas. Evidence suggests the Jenkins spent $98,000 per month, though their legitimate income was $50,000 per year. (Cops say this man killed to cover up his embezzlement.)