A former executive with a Topeka-based nonprofit corporation has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for scheming to steal more than $2 million in Kansas Medicaid funds.

Jason Sellers, 44, Lyndon, Kan., was ordered to pay $2,077,251 in restitution.

Sellers pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.

In his plea, he admitted that while he was chief financial officer of Kansas Health Solutions he diverted Medicaid funds to Advanced Business Consulting, which was a shell company he created. Sellers fraudulently billed Kansas Health Solutions for information technology services ostensibly performed by the sham business. He also billed Kansas Health Solutions for sports equipment and uniforms for sports teams with which he associated, as well as computer equipment for an area school, for him and for his family.

From about 2007 to 2011, Sellers was involved with several Topeka-area sports teams. In addition to billing Kansas Health Solutions for sports equipment and uniforms for sports teams, Sellers used some of the stolen money to build and furnish a $375,000, 3,755-sq. ft. home on 11 acres in Lyndon, Kan.