GUTHRIE, Okla. — A company currently doing business with Logan County government has been identified as the victim in an alleged $1.4 million embezzlement scheme involving two former senior employees accused of using company money to fund luxury cars, private flights and purchases from Cartier and Louis Vuitton.

Summit Technology Affiliates, LLC, an Edmond-based office technology company whose Oklahoma operations include Summit Mailing & Shipping Systems and Summit Business Systems, has provided equipment and services to Logan County offices for years.

As recently as July, Logan County commissioners approved a $3,086.88 fiscal-year contract with Summit Mailing & Shipping for the County Clerk’s office, according to county meeting minutes. County expense reports also show earlier payments to Summit, including expenditures by the Logan County Treasurer.

Summit describes itself as a provider of managed printing, mailing equipment, document-management systems and managed IT services. The privately held company is headquartered in Edmond and operates through affiliated companies in Oklahoma, California, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri.

The company now finds itself at the center of a criminal case — not as the accused, but as the alleged victim.

Oklahoma County District Attorney Vicki Behenna filed felony embezzlement and conspiracy charges Sept. 2 against former Summit president Cory Brown, 48, and former human-resources employee Matthew Burleson, 41.

Investigators allege the two men, who were in a personal relationship and lived together, used their positions inside the company to divert approximately $1.4 million for personal use.

According to allegations described in the criminal investigation and an earlier civil lawsuit filed by Summit, company money was used to pay personal credit cards, charter private flights, finance trips to Las Vegas and Florida, make down payments on a Land Rover, Porsche and BMW, and purchase merchandise from Cartier and Louis Vuitton.

Investigators also allege Brown and Burleson gave themselves unauthorized raises and other payments without the knowledge or approval of company ownership.

Brown had been with the company since 1997 and Burleson since 2006, according to the reported allegations.

The case has been developing for several years.

Summit filed a civil lawsuit against Brown and Burleson in Oklahoma County District Court on April 14, 2023, accusing them of breach of fiduciary duty and other misconduct. Court records show the company alleged the scheme began near the end of 2016 and remained undetected until company leadership began reviewing its financial and operational records following Brown’s February 2022 notice of resignation.

According to Summit’s civil allegations, Brown used company bank accounts and credit cards for personal expenses and altered accounting records, while Burleson allegedly used payroll software to issue tax-exempt payments and unauthorized wages, automobile allowances and reimbursements.

Brown was terminated in April 2022 and Burleson the following month.

Summit’s civil case sought repayment and other damages, including the return of approximately $935,928 in compensation paid to Brown and $253,284 paid to Burleson during the period covered by the allegations.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation reportedly began investigating the case in October 2024 at the request of the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office.

Brown and Burleson have since surrendered to investigators. Each faces one count of embezzlement and one count of conspiracy to commit a felony, with bond set at $25,000.

The charges remain allegations, and both defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Summit Mailing & Shipping remains listed in county records as a vendor serving Logan County government, while Summit Technology Affiliates identifies the Oklahoma operation as part of its broader family of office-technology businesses. The company says its services include commercial printers and copiers, mailing systems, document management, workflow automation and IT services.