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6-8-17 trial date set for oshkosh man accused of stealing millions from sadoff iron and metal

todayJune 8, 2017

A trial date has been set for an Oshkosh man accused of bilking Sadoff Iron & Metal out of more than $14 million.    Sterling Kienbaum, owner of Oshkosh-based Fox Valley Iron Metal & Auto Salvage,  recently pleaded not guilty to one count of racketeering and five counts of felony theft.  A trial is scheduled to begin next January.  Kienbaum, Daniel Christianson and Donald Krueger are accused of stealing $14 million from Sadoff Iron and Metal between 2009 and May of 2015.    Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney says Kienbaum allegedly directed the operation where vehicles were packed with dirt and other debris to fraudulenty increase the weight of what was being sold to Sadoff’s.   Toney says according to the criminal complaint Kienbaum made cash payments to Christianson who pocketed some of the cash for himself and paid some to Krueger who worked at Sadoff.   Christianson and Krueger are free on $10,000 signature bonds.  Kienbaum earlier posted a million dollars cash bail.
 

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