Release Date: April 24, 2008

Contact:    Kevin Drescher, Senior Deputy District Attorney

                      (805) 662-1722

District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Jason Rimmer (DOB 06/07/70) of San Mateo was sentenced by Judge Bruce Clark to two years in state prison for embezzling more than $300,000 from Amgen, Inc. of Thousand Oaks .

Rimmer, a former event planner with Amgen, provided co-defendant Robert Nipar (DOB 08/13/63) of Simi Valley with information to set up merchant accounts with American Express for fictitious businesses whose names were strikingly similar to Amgen's legitimate vendors. Nipar then charged Amgen for non-existent services and forwarded false invoices to Rimmer, who approved them for payment. Funds for payment on the bogus invoices were then deposited directly into Nipar's bank account. This scheme lasted for approximately one year.

Rimmer and Nipar pleaded guilty to one count of felony grand theft in September 2007. Nipar's sentencing is scheduled for May 16, 2008, in courtroom 12, at 1:30 p.m.