Mo. wedding planner admits he used customer credit cards to buy great stuff for himself

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STEELVILLE, Mo. -- Prosecutors will seek a prison sentence for a southeast Missouri wedding planner, following his guilty plea to fraud charges.

Michael Erzfeld pleaded guilty to fraudulent use of a credit device in a plea deal announced Tuesday, admitting he used customer credit cards to purchase expensive wine, home furnishings and art. The Southeast Missourian reports that in exchange, prosecutors dropped four additional felony counts.

Sentencing will be Jan. 5.

Link: http://www.semissourian.com

Erzfeld operated the planning service Custom Events from his home in Jackson. He was arrested in December after authorities seized from his home several items, including a $3,000 champagne bucket and an $800 brown crystal elephant with pink polka dots they believed were purchased using customer credit cards.

Information from: Southeast Missourian, http://www.semissourian.com

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