indystar.com | 11/11/08 | $600,000 | suspect: Robert Rosenberg | victim: Sealed Air Corp.
An Indianapolis man was sentenced to 16 months in prison Monday after pleading guilty to embezzling more than $600,000 to buy car parts for his fledgling engine-making company, Chaos Drag Racing.
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dalllasnews.com | 11/11/08 | $84,000 | suspect: Dolores Arriola Espino | victim: Garland School District
A longtime Garland school district employee has been sentenced to 10 months in prison after admitting she embezzled at least $84,000 from federal education grants.
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stargazette.com | 11/11/08 | $5.5 million | suspect: Neal Gordon | victim: Tennessee Valley Authority
A Newbern man pleaded guilty Monday to bank fraud, mail fraud and nine charges of money laundering charges. Neal Gordon Wall admitted in U.S. District Court in Paducah, Ky., that he had taken part in misusing a $5 million bank loan and a $500,000 loan from the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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tylerpaper.com | 11/10/08 | $107,000 | suspect: Malinda Shea Lucas | victim: Palestine Herald-Press
Within minutes of a story being posted on TylerPaper.com, detectives in Palestine began receiving phone calls Friday morning as to the whereabouts of a woman who allegedly embezzled more than $107,000 from the Palestine Herald-Press.
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indystar.com | 11/6/08 | $12,000,000 | suspect: Dina Wein-Reis | victim: Roche Diagnostics Corp
A New York woman accused of running a scheme to defraud companies in Indiana and elsewhere over eight years appeared in federal court in Indianapolis today for the first time. Millionaire Dina Wein-Reis was released from jail Tuesday on $10 million bond by a judge in New York and had her initial appearance at the U.S. District Court of Indianapolis this afternoon
bizjournals.com | 10/30/08 | $600,000 | suspect: Michael Harrington | victim: GSA
A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a supervisory accountant at the General Services Administration for allegedly embezzling nearly $600,000 from the government.
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clevland.com | 10/28/08 | $3,800,000 | suspect: Jenny and Jeff Hovinen | victim: St. Vincent Charity Hospital
A Russell Township couple fleeced St. Vincent Charity Hospital out of $3.8 million - about $1.6 million more than earlier estimates - before they committed suicide in July, police said.
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montereyherald.com | 10/29/08 | $600,000 | suspect: Karen Benson | victim: Keith Day
TruckingA Salinas woman was sentenced to nine years in prison Tuesday for embezzling more than $600,000 from Keith Day Trucking.
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newsday.com | 10/25/08 | $9,000,000 | suspect: Rosa Abreu | victims: FEMA
A former city official was sentenced to prison Friday for her role in stealing more than $9 million from the agency where she worked, including federal funds earmarked for Sept. 11 victim identification, according to the city Department of Investigation.
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reporternews.com | 10/17/08 | $850,000 | suspect: Laura Minor and Sheri Lynn Mitchell | victim: Hendrick Health System
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Lubbock provided more details Friday about the alleged embezzlement of more than $850,000 by two women from Hendrick Health System.
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chron.com | 10/14/08 | ALICIA A. CALDWELL, AP
Three former executives of an El Paso charity accused of contract fraud were arrested Tuesday, authorities said, in a probe that has also ensnared local public officials.
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bizjournals.com | 10/01/08 | Staff Writer
Matt Burghoff, a developer who has completed commercial projects in Kirkwood and downtown St. Louis, pleaded guilty Wednesday to bank fraud and violating the Clear Air Act.
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minnesota.publicradio.org | 9/26/08 | Tim Pugminre
St. Paul, Minn. — Gov. Tim Pawlenty's office has confirmed that federal authorities are investigating an employee of the Minnesota Department of Human Services in the suspected embezzlement of nearly $1 million.
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Hagerstown man is accused of embezzling more than $31,000 from a state-funded agency while acting as a transportation contractor for Berkeley County School students with special needs.
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Hagerstown man is accused of embezzling more than $31,000 from a state-funded agency while acting as a transportation contractor for Berkeley County School students with special needs.Continue reading "Hagerstown man accused of embezzlement in Berkeley Co." »
torontosun.com | 8/28/08 | Staff Writer
SASKATOON -- The former president of a rural Saskatchewan library was jailed yesterday for operating a phoney book-buying scheme. Bruce Cameron, 65, admitted to embezzling $500,000 from the Wheatland Regional Library. He was sentenced to two years for fraud.
ap.google.com | 8/28/08 | Tini Tran
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese government auditors have uncovered the misuse of millions of dollars in disaster assistance as part of an embezzlement probe spanning 10 central government departments, state media reported Thursday.
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startribune.com | 8/18/08 | Neal St. Anthony
A 34-year-old Eden Prairie man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to mail fraud as part of a scheme to steal about $8.5 million from his employer that he spent on cars, gambling, gifts for girlfriends and tips at a strip club.
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northcountygazette.org | 8/9/08 | Staff Writer
A federal jury returned guilty verdicts this week against Joseph H. Smith, the former treasurer, chief financial officer and legal secretary for the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland in a billing and tax fraud scheme totaling $1.75 million.
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bizjournals.com | 8/7/08 | Staff Writer
A Basehor woman waived her right to a grand jury Thursday and pleaded guilty to one charge of bank fraud in connection with embezzling $1.1 million from VCW Holding Co. LLC.
startribune.com | 8/6/08 | Neal St. Anthony
A former accounting manager at ING Reinsurance Corp. of Minneapolis is expected to plead guilty this month to federal charges that he stole $8.5 million in what appears to be one of the biggest local employee-embezzlement cases in years.
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cfo.com | 8/5/08 | Stephen Taub
A former project accountant at Tishman Construction Corp. pleaded guilty to stealing $2.8 million from the company in a phony invoicing scheme involving portable toilets, for which he sometimes signed checks "Mr. John."
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cfo.com | 8/4/08 | Stephen Taub
A former finance executive at NBC Universal has pleaded guilty to charges of scheming to steal over $800,000 from the company.
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naplesnews.com | 8/1/08 | Aisling Swift
Robert Joseph Tozzi had worked for Bob Taylor Chevrolet and the judge found he’d embezzled money while handling finances for its distributorship, Custom Pro-Fit.
lawfuel.com | 7/26/08 | Staff Writer
On July 23, 2008 Sheri Dawn Blackburn, a fugitive for nearly five years, pled guilty to one count of theft or embezzlement in connection with a health care benefit program, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 669, in U.S. District Court in Phoenix. Blackburn, 45, a former resident of Phoenix, had been indicted in August of 2003 for one count of theft in connection with a health care benefit program and one count of false statements relating to health care matters, but never appeared to answer these charges in court, and subsequently became a fugitive.
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baltimoresun.com | 7/16/08 Larry Neumister
NEW YORK (AP) _ A supervisor assigned to investigate fraud in New York City's child services agency was among four people charged with embezzling $450,000 meant for needy children.
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chron.com | 7/10/08 | Associated Press
HOUSTON — A Harris County judge has set bond at $1 million for an accounting clerk accused of stealing $6 mllion from her employer. The bond for Marcia Sinclair was originally set at $12 million.
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webcpa.com | 7/07/08 | Staff Writer
A former project accountant at Tishman Construction has been indicted for stealing $2.8 million from the company in a phony invoicing scheme.
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oregonlive.com | 7/1/08 | Betsey Hammond
Brent Crosson, once a rising star in the accounting division of the Oregon Department of Education, will serve two years in federal prison for stealing nearly $1 million in federal money meant for schools.
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money.cnn.com | 6/23/08 | Kathy Schwiff
A former director of Samsung America Inc.'s Korea Export Department pleaded guilty in connection with a plan to embezzle more than $1 million from the company from 2002 through 2007.
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rgj.com | 6/20/08 | Jaclyn O'Malley
After more than three weeks on the run, a Washoe County executive with an alleged gambling problem surrendered Thursday at the sheriff's office to face charges of stealing up to $2.2 million from Washoe County through bogus purchases of water well capacity rights.
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bizjournals.com | 6/10/08 | Staff Writer
Eight people have been indicted following a government investigation into a $2.5 million embezzling scheme at a Tacoma lumber company.
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bizjournals.com | 6/9/08 | Staff Writer
A federal grand jury in Dallas has indicted three women with conspiracy to defraud Art Holdings Inc., the former employer of two of the women.
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themonitor.com | 5/21/08 | Jeremy Roebuck
MISSION -- The region's largest chain of car dealerships lost more than $500,000 to an embezzlement scheme led by some of its high-level managers, authorities said Tuesday.
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billingsgazette.com | 5/11/08 | Associated Press
HELENA - A former state accountant who stole more than $739,000 by issuing checks to her husband's maintenance business for work that was never performed pleaded guilty Friday to several charges stemming from the theft.
mlive.com | 5/6/08 | Nate Reens
GRAND RAPIDS -- Three accountants who allegedly helped former U.S. Signal executives cover up a kickback scheme face charges for concealing the mail fraud conspiracy.
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seattlepi.com | 5/1/08 | Associated Press
SEATTLE -- A woman who managed outside vendor contracts for Weyerhaeuser and the woman's sister have been accused of embezzling $481,000 from the Federal Way company. Auditors discovered the employee was making payments to a contractor with her sister's name.
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caperstartribune.net | 4/5/08 | Joshua Wolfson
Tracy Schwartzkopf stood before the judge, her words coming quickly in a trembling voice. "I know what I did is wrong," she said, acknowledging that she embezzled thousands of dollars from a Casper energy company whose finances she once handled. "I took money from people who trusted me."
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ap.google.com | 4/2/08 | Staff Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — A former United Nations procurement official convicted of accepting bribes was sentenced Tuesday to eight years and a month in prison.
fdlreporter.com | 3/25/08 Staff Reporter
MADISON — Former city of Superior Fire Chief Stephen A. Gotelaere, 61, will be going to prison on charges of two counts of felony theft and one count of misconduct in public office for embezzling $239,676 from the city’s hazardous materials fund, Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced today.
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chicagotribune.com | 3/15/08 | Jeff Coen
A former General Motors Corp. executive and a Highland Park businessman have been indicted in Chicago in an $80 million fraud scheme involving aluminum sales by the automaker, federal authorities announced Friday.
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fbi.gov | 3/11/08 | Press Release
Kevin J. O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JEFFREY M. BOURKE, 33, of Simsbury, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling nearly $2,000,000 from his former employer. On October 2, 2007, BOURKE pleaded guilty to four counts of mail fraud and one count of filing a false tax return.
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news.com.au | 3/5/08 | Steven Wardill
The Courier-Mail can reveal Devine Limited's construction manager, Tony McSwaine, was handcuffed and arrested at one of the company's CBD building sites on Friday. Another manager from its construction arm has also been arrested as part of an investigation involving alleged bloated contracts, a ghost company and missing money.
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burlingtonfreepress.com | 3/4/08 | Adam Silverman
A Williston man was arrested and charged Monday on accusations he embezzled more then $2.2 million from his employer, a manager of captive insurance companies. Among the accusations against Kenneth MacKay, 36, is that he used money stolen from Willis Management to build the most expensive home on Williston's grand list -- a residence at 88 Callaway Dr. valued at $1,934,600 -- and to pay about $240,000 into college tuition savings plans for his five children.
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detnews.com | 2/29/08 | George Hunter
CLINTON TOWNSHIP -- The former director of support services for Chippewa Valley Schools was sentenced today to up to 42 months in federal prison for misusing district funds. In addition to his sentence James Tague also received a $75,000 fine, and was ordered by a U.S. District Court Judge to pay restitution of $2.3 million for fraudulently obtaining money from the school district.
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patriotledger.com | 2/28/08 | Adam Riglian
A Rockland woman who embezzled nearly $600,000 from Blue Cross Blue Shield was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison.
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macombdaily.com | 2/24/08 | Mitch Hotts
The former purchaser who cheated Chippewa Valley Schools out of more than $2 million by inflating furniture bids through a company he secretly owned apparently acted alone.
deseretnews.com | 2/21/08 | Staff Writer
The sentencing for a former Davis School District secretary who embezzled $333,133 in education funds has been put on hold to give attorneys time to negotiate.
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ap.google.com | 2/20/08 | Staff Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A former contractor pleaded guilty Wednesday to participating in a scheme to defraud the federal government in the reconstruction of the Pentagon after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
SALEM, Ore. — A former accountant at the Oregon Department of Education is facing federal fraud charges after embezzling nearly $1 million intended for charter schools, anti-drug youth initiatives and school-based health programs, according to documents filed late last week in U.S. District court.
SALEM, Ore. — A former accountant at the Oregon Department of Education is facing federal fraud charges after embezzling nearly $1 million intended for charter schools, anti-drug youth initiatives and school-based health programs, according to documents filed late last week in U.S. District court.Continue reading "Ore. State Accountant Faces Fraud Charge" »
reuters.com | 1/30/08 | Hendrik Sackmann
STUTTGART, Germany - A German court sentenced a former Daimler finance manager to 5- 1/2 years in jail on Wednesday for embezzling more than 22 million euros ($32.6 million) from the carmaker over five years.
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indystar.com | 1/31/08 | Associated Press
HAMMOND, Ind. -- A top adviser to a former Gary mayor has been convicted of fraud and money laundering in a scheme to bilk the city of $1.5 million.
bostonherald.com | 1/30/08 | Associated Press
A former vice president of Staples Inc. was sentenced Monday to 3½ years in prison for embezzling nearly $600,000 from the office products company.
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deseretnews.com | 1/29/08 | Staff Writer
The federal trial for two former Davis County School District officials accused of bilking the district out of $4.3 million in federal education funds has been delayed until April.
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