ST. LOUIS • A California man who embezzled $112,000 from an O'Fallon, Mo., company was sentenced Monday to 366 days in prison and ordered to repay the money.

Robert Donaire, 39, created fake invoices between November 2012 and March 2015 that misled the company into thinking he'd provided services and supplies to clients of True Manufacturing Co., his plea agreement says.

Kelly Morrison, a representative of True, said in court that Donaire cost the company countless hours of employee time investigating his theft, in addition to the financial losses.

Donaire was indicted in October in U.S. District Court in St. Louis and pleaded guilty to two mail fraud charges in June.

In addition to the prison time, U.S. District Judge E. Richard Webber ordered Donaire to repay the money. Donaire, who lives near Tracy, Calif., apologized in court and vowed that he would.

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