FARGO — The former chief financial officer accused earlier this year of embezzling more than $60,000 from his employer, a New Rockford-based bison products supplier, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in the case Thursday, Dec. 11.

Prior to the hearing, the economic crimes unit of the Cass County State's Attorney's Office and Timothy Lundstrom's attorney, Adam Justinger, negotiated a binding plea agreement for Lundstrom to plead guilty as charged to felony theft, pay North American Bison LLC $62,104.04 in restitution, and serve three years of unsupervised probation in the case.

Lundstrom was first charged in July, after he admitted in May to North American Bison board members who'd discovered inconsistencies in the company's books that he'd been taking the unauthorized funds. Lundstrom, w

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