Three individuals accused of defrauding a Fond du Lac scrap metal company out of millions of dollars have been bound over for trial. Preliminary hearings were held Friday for Sterling Kienbaum, Daniel Christianson and Donald Krueger on charges of racketeering and theft. The three are accused of stealing $14 million from Sadoff Iron and Metal between 2009 and May of 2015. Christianson and Krueger were convicted last year of theft and placed on probation. District Attorney Eric Toney says the new charges were filed based on additional information gathered during the investigation. Toney says Kienbaum was the owner of Fox Valley Metal and 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.
