Creative Creations owner files suit; lawyer says ex-employees conspired to deceive her

[Omaha Steve]

The employees are out thousands from her fraud and she files suit. Many customers are out $ from the bogus travel vouchers.




CHRIS MACHIAN/THE WORLD-HERALD
Patricia Urbanovsky, owner of Creative Creations, cries while speaking at her attorney's office Friday. Urbanovsky has filed a lawsuit against four former employees.



POSTED: SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2015 12:15 AM | UPDATED: 12:50 AM, SAT AUG 29, 2015.
By Janice Podsada / World-Herald staff writer

The owner of an embattled Omaha event planning company has accused four former employees of deceiving her, committing fraud and “essentially stealing” company funds.

The company, Creative Creations, and its owner, Patricia Urbanovsky, are under investigation by federal authorities in connection with the sale of worthless travel vouchers.

Urbanovsky filed a civil lawsuit Friday in Douglas County District Court against former employees Steven Finkle, Ryan Scheetz, Kelly Gressman and Kim McKeone.

She alleges the employees embezzled company funds, padded sales figures to obtain larger commissions and charged customers higher-than-actual voucher prices and pocketed the difference.

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