Ex-exec at Murphy USA convicted at El Dorado, Ark.

Associated Press - November 18, 2009 3:14 PM ET

EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) - A former executive at Murphy USA has been convicted of 3 felony theft counts by a jury that recommended 10 years' probation and a $30,000 fine.

Prosecutors said Paul Wells, former vice president of marketing at Murphy USA, designed a scheme in which a company begun by his wife double-billed Murphy for $54,000 worth of T-shirts promoting the oil refining and marketing company.

After Tuesday's verdicts and sentence recommendations, Circuit Judge Hamilton Singleton set Wells' sentencing for Dec. 3.

Information from: El Dorado News-Times, http://www.eldoradonews.com