SEATTLE — A former executive with Pearl Jam is heading to prison for 14 months after being caught bilking the band.

The seattlepi.com reports that 55-year-old Rickey Charles Goodrich pleaded guilty to theft charges in December. He used his position as chief financial officer at Pearl Jam’s management company – Curtis Management – to steal $380,000 in the four years before he was fired in 2010.

Seattle Police determined Goodrich’s thefts cost the management company $566,000, including investigative expenses.


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