A St. Louis man was sentenced to one year and one day in jail, followed by three years of supervised release, following an embezzlement conviction.

Kevin D. Dowell, 37, a former manager of human resources at FKG Oil Company in Belleville, falsified mileage expense reports, used a company credit card for personal expenses and transferred funds electronically from the company’s bank account directly to his personal bank account in Missouri. He used the ill-gotten funds to support his relationship with an exotic dancer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.

Dowell was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $113,984.