“I think society loses as well, not just me and my family,” he said.

Christensen said that while Manlove has a right to continue to believe his innocence, since the trial he has consistently avoided accepting any blame, including repeatedly saying that Paul Nisbet, the former Vann’s CFO, was the primary person behind the fraud conspiracy.

This despite Manlove being convicted of racking up more than $67,000 worth personal expenses that he charged to Vann’s, and having the company pay for him to attend a graduate program in business, during which he polished his resume and began looking for a new job.

Nisbet was sentenced to 14 months in prison in October but was released earlier this year after the judge amended his sentence due to his cooperation with Manlove's prosecution.

“The 12 jurors were not convinced and neither am I,” Christensen said. “You blame everyone else, the economy, whatever, for what went wrong. This is a level of hubris, some would say arrogance, that defies explanation.”

Jay Allen, a former Vann’s employee, was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer in the summer of 2012.