Sandy Jenkins was an accountant from Collin Street Bakery who committed suicide behind bars while serving his ten years prison sentence. Stick with us to find more about the fraud.
Sandy Jenkins was a courteous, mild-mannered, and by all accounts, a completely forgettable accountant who worked for years at the legendary Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas.
He hid a huge fraud behind his mild-manner and stole around $17 million from the establishment he worked at. He went unnoticed for over a decade, he started off as a petty cash thief but he raised bars and was soon writing huge cheques to himself in no time.
Let us learn more about Sandy Jenkins and take a closer look at his suicide and obituary.
Who Is Sandy Jenkins & Why Did He Suicide? Obituary
Sandy Jenkins was a former accountant at Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas.
He is well known for his over $17 million fraud over a course of a decade which went unnoticed due to his excellent coverage of tracks.
According to Grunge, while slaving away at his work, he dreamt of having his own funeral home and driving a flashy, new Lexus when criminal inspiration struck.
He was caught in 2013 and was immediately fired from his job, but losing his job was the least of his problems. He was arrested and handed down ten years in prison for his deeds.
But Jenkins never completed his sentence as he killed himself in 2019 behind bars according to DMagazine. However, the cause of his suicide and motive has not come to the surface yet, he was pronounced dead on March 15, 2021, from Fort Worth Medical Center, a low-security prison hospital.
Sandy might have killed himself due to the humiliation he faced after his crime was made public. However, much about the motive has not come to the surface yet.
‘Fruitcake Fraud,’ a new documentary based on the story of couple Sandy and Kay Jenkins who embezzled $16.7 million from the world famous, Corsicana-based Collin Street Bakery will begin streaming Wednesday, Dec. 1 on the Discovery+ app. https://t.co/xLfJSyeTqs
— Corsicana Daily Sun (@TheDailySun) November 10, 2021
Collin Street Bakery Fruit Cake Fraud Documentary Explored
The famous Collin Street Bakery fraud was made into a documentary by the name Fruit Cake Fraud.
Fruitcake Fraud, a revisiting of the major corruption probe that consumed the bakery while also ripping at the fabric of the Navarro County city of around 25,000 citizens, benefited from the documentary filmmaker’s an outside perspective.
The 90-minute documentary “Fruitcake Fraud” follows the disappearance of $17 million from a small-town bakery known for sending holiday treats all over the world.
It turns out that a bakery husband-and-wife team dipped their hands into the cookie jar, spending lavishly on vehicles, vacations, and a $1.2 million shopping spree at Neiman Marcus in NorthPark.
@joelkeller Just read your article about “Fruitcake Fraud” and FYI, Sandy Jenkins wife is Kaye, not Faye. I knew them from Corsicana.
— SUZANNE FLUKER (@FlukerSuzanne) December 7, 2021
Sandy Jenkins Wife And Family Explored
Sandy Jenkins was married to his wife Kay Jenkins.
She was also a key personality in helping Jenkins get by his long-run fraud. She was also handed down five years’ probation, ordered to complete 100 hours of community service and to write an apology to the bakery according to NBCDFW.
However, much about his family has not come to the surface yet.