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northcountygazette.com | 11/13/08 |$8 million | suspect:  Dennis M. Dowd | victim:  Hitachi American Ltd.

The former senior manager of human resources of Hitachi American Ltd., a New York and California based corporation, has been charged in connection with a scheme to defraud the Hitachi America Ltd. Group Health and Welfare Plan of approximately $8 million.

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inrich.com | 11/13/08 | $757,000 | suspect:  John N. Sacco

A one-man embezzlement scheme that drained $757,000 from a Henrico County cleaning-supply firm put the firm's former accountant behind bars today.

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connectionnewspapers.com | 11/11/08 | $3 million | suspect:  Jeffery Scott Koger | victim:  multiple

Jeffrey Scott Koger admitted to embezzling approximately $3 million from 400 homeowner associations using 140 bank wire transfers, according to statement of facts filed Monday, Nov. 10 with his plea agreement in federal court in Alexandria.

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news-sentinel.com | $331,258 | supsect:  David L. Mozer | victim:  Azar Inc.

David L. Moser, 49, of Huntertown, is accused of cooking the books of a hotel and restaurant management company.

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recordnet.com | 11/8/08 | $824,000  | supsect: Nancy Mulkey | victim:  ABF Farm Services, Inc.

A Stockton woman pleaded guilty in court Friday to embezzlement charges for taking $824,000 from ABF Farm Services Inc., north of Tracy, where she worked as the bookkeeper for the past decade.

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currypilot.com | 11/8/08 | $350,000 | suspect:  Gary Alan Green | victim:  Tidewater Contracting

A Federal Grand Jury on Friday indicted Gary Alan Green on 12 counts of mail fraud for allegedly taking more than $350,000 from Tidewater Contracting while he was chief financial officer for the Brookings-based company from April 2007 to about Sept. 24, 2008.

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andersonvalleypost.com | 11/4/08 | $824,333 | supsect:  Peggy Kaye Witts | victim:  Vorwood Company

United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that Peggy Kaye Witts, 62, of Redding, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr., to three years and 10 months in prison on federal wire fraud and tax evasion charges. Witts embezzled over $824,333 from the Voorwood Company Inc., of Anderson, and failed to report the stolen money as income on her federal tax returns. Witts pleaded guilty to the charges on July 21, 2008.

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redding.com | 11/3/08 | $800,000 | suspect:  Peggy Kaye Witts | victim:  Voorwood Co.

A 62-year-old Redding woman was sentenced this morning to 46 months in federal prison for stealing more than $800,000 from an Anderson company’s employee benefit plan.

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seattlepi.com | 10/30/08 | $100,000 | suspect: Ruben Salazar | victim:  Key Bank

A former branch manager at Key Bank who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $100,000 from customers' accounts was sentenced Friday to 14 months in prison.  Ruben Salazar, 35, of Puyallup, also must pay $103,997 in restitution. 

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newarkadvocate.com | 10/30/08 | $300,000 | suspect:  Kathleen Lee | victim:  Hospice of Central Ohio

Kathleen A Lee woman was accused of embezzling at least $330,000 from the Hospice of Central Ohio has been charged with grand theft. 

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bizjournals.com | 10/30/08 | $70,000 | suspect:  Sylvia York | victim:  Emmis Communications

Sylvia York, formerly of St. Louis, was sentenced to a year in prison on wire fraud charges for embezzling $70,000 from her ex-employer, Emmis Communications, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Reap said Thursday.

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stljournal.com | 10/22/08 | suspect:  Geraldine Sanders | victim:  Prestige Pools

Geraldine Sanders, 67, of South County, was sentenced on fraud charges involving the embezzlement of $389,000 from her former employer, Prestige Pools, U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway said in a statement. Sanders was also ordered to pay restitution of $389,000.

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bizjournals.com | 10/23/08 | suspects:  Ronnie and Kristi Wilson | victim:  Conyers Public Housing Authority

A husband and wife from Conyers, Ga., were indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury for allegedly embezzling more than $130,000 from the Conyers Public Housing Authority and using the money for gifts, parties and a vacation.

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mlive.com | 10/23/08 | suspect:  Susan Barno | victim:  DeWind Wells & Dewatering, Inc.

A bookeeper convicted of embezzling $99,000 is accused of embezzling $355,000 from another company, DeWind Wells & Dewatering, Inc.

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zwire.com | 10/21/08 | $28,500 | suspect:  Misty Dawn Edwards | victim:  Cowetta Chamber of Commerce

The former executive director fo the Cowetta Chamber of Commerce has been charged with embezzlement and a preliminary hearing has been set for November.

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nytimes.com | 10/18/08 | $1,000,000 | suspect:  Ellen Hauer | victim:  Hampton Management

A controller for a Harlem apartment building management company pleaded guilty on Friday to stealing more than $1 million from her employer.

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augusta.com | 10/16/08 | $350,000 | suspect: Elizabeth Copeland | victim:  Cot Campbell

A 34-year-old Aiken woman, accused of stealing more than $300,000 from her employer's personal account, was sentenced Wednesday to serve four years of a five-year prison sentence.

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mlive.com | 10/16/08 | $400,000 | suspect: Tina Ricotta | victim:  H.R. "Kelly" Calamari

A woman accused of embezzling more than $400,000 from a wealthy older man may have her conviction reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor.

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mlive.com | 10/14/08 | John S. Hausman

Jennifer Ann Prince, 37, of 1420 Porter on Tuesday waived her 60th District Court preliminary examination and was bound over for trial on the felony charge of embezzling $100,000 or more from Industrial Assemblies Inc., a retail equipment maker. Prince is accused of stealing $236,000 from the firm.

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tallahasse.com | 10/13/08 | Angeline J. Taylor

Rosanne Stone, former church bookkeeper arrested on charges of grand theft and money laundering, pleaded no contest to the grand theft charge this morning in Circuit Judge Kathleen Dekker’s courtroom.  Stone was originally arrested in February after being accused of embezzling more than $500,000 from Episcopal Church of the Advent.

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prnewswire.com | 10/7/08 | Press Release

A loan broker from the Philippines has been charged in connection with a $15 million scheme to defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States (the Ex-Im Bank), Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeffrey A. Taylor announced today.

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stltoday.com | 10/5/08 | Associated Press

The former treasurer of a southwest Missouri humane society is charged with embezzling almost $90,000 from the organization's building fund over a three-year period.

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cjonline.com | 10/2/08 | Staff Writer

A credit card manager at a Salina bank has been charged with one count of embezzlement and one count of unlawful use of a credit card, U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren announced Wednesday. According to the indictment, Kellie M. Schmitt, 35, embezzled approximately $122,000 when she worked as a credit card processing manager for Sunflower Bank in Salina.

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seattletimes.com | 10/2/08 | Mike Carter

A former Renton man accused of embezzling Social Security payments from hundreds of disabled clients will be returned to Seattle from San Antonio, where he was arrested last week, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Maurice D. Brooks, 46, through his nonprofit company Professional Payee Services, is accused of stealing more than $300,000 from the accounts of more than 300 disabled Social Security beneficiaries while acting as their personal representative and being responsible for seeing that their daily needs are met, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

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tampatrib.com | 9/25/08 | Elaine Silvestrini

TAMPA - David Haas, the former chief executive of Crispers restaurants, was sentenced this morning to two years in federal prison for embezzling more than $400,000 from his company.

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ohio.com | 9/25/08 | Marilyn Miller

A former chief financial officer of Hartville Homes, who admitted embezzling nearly $2 million from nonprofit agencies, has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

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boston.com | 9/19/08 | Jeannie M. Nuss

The former chief financial officer and deputy director of the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard embezzled more than $1 million with the help of three of her children, according to a civil lawsuit filed by the museum.

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azstar.com | 9/20/08 | Jamar Younger

A woman was arrested Thursday after a Pima County Sheriff's Department investigation showed she embezzled more than $300,000 from her employer, a sheriff's spokeswoman said.

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lcsun-news.com | 9/18/08 | Associated Press

Embezzlement charges have been dropped against a woman who had been accused of forging checks from a client of her personal accounting company.

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ap.google.com | 9/18/08 | Staff Writer

Robin Hood may be a figure from English folklore, but police said Wednesday they had uncovered a modern-day variant: a banker who took from the rich and lent to the poor.

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cfo.com | 9/16/08 | Stephen Taub

The former finance chief of a Tommy Hilfiger Corp. unit pleaded guilty to mail fraud and wire fraud for allegedly stealing more than $19 million, according to Michael Garcia, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

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 myfoxtwincities.com | 9/12/08 | Staff Writer

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courant.com | 9/12/08 | Associated Press

Southbury police have arrested a husband and wife, accusing them of a plot to embezzle $250,000 from a mortgage company where they worked.

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signonsandiego.com | 9/11/08 | J. Harry Jones

A former bookkeeper for the Borrego Springs Fire Protection District has been charged with embezzling more than a quarter of a million dollars over a four-year span ending in 2007.

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A parent volunteer at Eureka Elementary School in Granite Bay turned herself in to the Placer County Sheriff's Department last week after more than $40,000 was discovered missing from the school's Parent Teacher Club funds.

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zwire.com | 9/11/08 | Staff Writer

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced on Thursday that a bookkeeper formerly employed at a Richmond Hill electrical equipment firm has been charged with stealing more than $200,000 — or as much as $500,000 by her own admission — from the company by inflating the amount of money contributed to her 401K savings plan.

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news-record.com | J9/08/08 | Jennifer Fernandez

It will take years for Colonial Tin to recover from losing nearly $1 million embezzled by a longtime employee.  But owner Thomas LaRose hopes that by the end of this year he can at least resume donations to the children's ward at Duke  University Medical Center. His company had regularly donated to the hospital until the effects of embezzlement began to take their toll, he said.

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redding.com | 9/6/08 |Ryan Sabalow

A 57-year-old Anderson woman pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to embezzling $1.3 million from her employer.

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fosters.com | 9/4/08 | Staff Writer

An aide to Madison High School Principal Colin Campbell has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $26,000 from student accounts.

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mlive.com | 9/4/08 | Craig Trudell

An Allen Park man was found guilty Wednesday of embezzling $226,170 from Cascades Community Federal Credit Union in Leoni Township.

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pryordailytimes.com | 8/31/08 | Sommer Woodward

Cynthia Jan Harris, 51, was charged in federal court with embezzlement for allegedly taking more than 1.6 million from Mayes County Federal Credit Union while she was employed.

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portfolio.com | 8/28/08 | Elizabeth Olson

There will be little satisfaction and much anger when some of Barry R. Stokes's former clients meet tomorrow in Nashville. Sure, Stokes has agreed to serve 14 years in prison for embezzling $16 million of their retirement funds. But many of his victims contend that he's still getting off too easily.

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tulsaworld.com | 8/28/08 | Staff Writer

Cherokee County authorities arrested a local woman Tuesday on charges that she embezzled more than $200,000 from her employer over the past three and a half years.

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thenewstribune.com | 8/22/08 | Sean Robinson

For three years, Lindy Robertson took her boss’s phone calls, arranged his calendar and slowly robbed him blind.  On Thursday, the 28-year-old mother learned the price: four years and nine months in prison for embezzling an estimated $1.6 million from Milgard Manufacturing, where she once worked as assistant to the company president.

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dailycamera.com | 8/24/08  | Heath Urie

A woman accused of embezzling more than $30,000 in an elaborate series of scams aimed at her former Longmont employer was arrested Thursday.

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blueridgenow.com | 8/22/08 | Staff Wrtier

Christian Supply owner Chuck Wallington told police an employee embezzled about $750,000 between Jan. 1, 2007, and Aug. 19 of this year.

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sj-r.com | 8/22/08 | Sarah Antonacci

A veteran state treasurer’s employee admitted Wednesday she embezzled $750,000 from the state, but her plea could mean she will get a break when sentenced later this year.

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phillyburbs.com | 8/20/08 | Christopher Ruvo

A Bedminster man used his position as CEO of a New Jersey payroll firm to embezzle more than $720,000 from the company over three years, authorities said. 

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forbes.com | 8/20/08 | Staff Writer

A federal judge has sentenced a Meriden, Conn., woman to a year of house arrest for embezzling nearly $95,000 from Wachovia Bank.

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lompocrecord.com | 8/19/08 | Glenn Wallace

Thousands of dollars embezzled from the nonprofit association that organizes Lompoc's biggest festivals has left citizens, sponsors and volunteers in disbelief and questioning how it could have happened.

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edmondsun.com | 8/19/08 | Staff Writer
A former Edmond reisdent has been sentenced for defrauding banks and his former employer by forging more than $5.8 million worth of checks drawn on his employer’s bank accounts.

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lasvegassun.com | 8/13/08 | Mary Manning

A former Nevada Power employee pleaded guilty today to federal wire fraud charges for stealing at least $1.6 million from a utility company bank account between 2002 and 2006.

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sfgate.com | 8/12/08 | Marisa Lagos

SAN FRANCISCO -- The former chief financial officer of a nonprofit that runs a garage in Golden Gate Park could serve more than 14 years in prison for  allegedly embezzling more than $3.9 million from the agency, prosecutors said.

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thestar.com | 7/31/08 | Rob Ferguson

Critics say a public inquiry into the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. is long overdue after police revealed they had no evidence to charge a former retailer who won 167 prizes worth $1.2 million over a nine-year period.

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mercurynews.com | 8/11/08 | Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES—A Beverly Hills man convicted of orchestrating a fraud scheme that bilked more than $8 million from lenders was sentenced Monday to seven years in federal prison.

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record-eagle.com | 8/12/08 |Art Bukowski

GAYLORD -- A former employee of St. Mary Cathedral and school is expected to face criminal charges for allegedly embezzling nearly $300,000 from the Catholic parish.

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chicagotribune.com | 8/8/08 | Associated Press

Authorities say a Chesterfield accountant committed suicide a day after he was arrested on charges that he embezzled more than $350,000 from his clients.

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seattletimes.com | 8/8/08 | Christine Clarridge

An assistant fire chief was arrested by federal agents Thursday on charges of defrauding South King County Fire & Rescue of more than $500,000 over several years.

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newsadvance.com |8/6/08 | Chris Dumond

A former Wachovia employee was sentenced to three years and five months in prison Wednesday after earlier pleading guilty to stealing more than $200,000 from customer accounts.

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cfo.com | 8/7/08 | Stephen Taub

The former controller of Emmis Communications Corp. pled guilty to embezzling more than $70,000 from the media company — money she allegedly transferred in unauthorized payments to her corporate credit card account.

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mlive.com | 8/5/08 | Roneisha Mullen

FLINT, Michigan -- On the heels of a string of embezzlements comes another reported case -- this time from a school.  Sue Ann Ingersoll, 48, of Clio was working as the accounts payable clerk for the Westwood Heights School District when she allegedly used school credit cards to make more than $41,000 in personal purchases -- spending the money on things such as gasoline, groceries and clothing.

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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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omaha.com | A8/1/08 | Chelesea Keeney

 Springfield, Neb., woman pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling more than $750,000 from her employer over five years.

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yardkinripple.com | 7/30/08 | Andy Matthews

PILOT MOUNTAIN — A former superintendent of Pilot Mountain State Park is scheduled to appear in court next week on allegations that he embezzled more than $70,000.

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independenttribune.com | 7/29/08 | Josh Lanier

CONCORD - Former Carolina International School financial officer Sandra Vielbaum, who was charged with embezzling more than $137,000 from the Harrisburg school, pleaded guilty to eight counts of embezzlement Monday afternoon.

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reuters.com | 7/29/08 | Martha Graybow

A former JPMorgan Chase & Co private banking executive has been indicted on charges of embezzling about $5.4 million, according to federal court papers.

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centralvalleybusinesstimes.com | 7/24/08 | Anderson

Nancy Frances Fiske, 57, of Anderson has been charged with mail fraud by siphoning more than $1.3 million from her employer, Jerry L. Knighten Construction, Inc.

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Portland police are investigating allegations by a nonprofit agency that a former employee and Windham resident embezzled nearly $500,000 over an eight year span.

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baltimoresun.com | 7/18/08 | Associated Press

A federal judge has sentenced a Mount Airy woman to prison for defrauding a client, a Cub Scout pack and a PTA out of $236,000.

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seattle-times.com | 7/19/08 | Isaac Arnsdorf

Carolyn M. Gudmundson, the former Microsoft employee who pleaded guilty in January to embezzling about $1 million, was sentenced in federal court Friday to 22 months in prison.

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t-g.com | 7/18/08 | David Melson

An employee of CalsonicKansei North America's business office allegedly embezzled more than $60,000 during a period of at least two years, Shelbyville police said Thursday.

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latimes.com | 7/17/08 | Tony Barboza

An El Segundo accountant has been charged with stealing $2.7 million from a pet insurance company and transferring it into international bank accounts, authorities said.

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jsonline.com | 7/1/7/08 | Marie Rohde

The commercial crime insurance policy that Meriter Health Services had did not cover the embezzlement of more than $470,000 from a checking account that was opened in the name of the hospital's medical staff, the 4th District Court of Appeals ruled in a decision that was released today.

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forbes.com | 7/15/08 | Associated Press

A 61-year-old Maryland man has pleaded guilty to defrauding 71 companies of more than $2 million using bogus credit lines to buy products.

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journalrecord.com | 7/17/08 | Staff Writer

A former Wagoner bank officer has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for causing losses of more than $5.5 million to Arvest Bank and more than 80 bank accounts, by pocketing funds from certificates of deposit.

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tuftsdaily.com | 7/14/08 | Rob Silverblatt and Giovanni Russonello

 A Middlesex County grand jury today indicted Jodie Nealley and another former Office of Student Activities (OSA) administrator for allegedly embezzling close to $1 million from the university.

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cnn.money.com | 7/9/08 | Associated PRess

Both the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office are investigating the alleged theft of $2.1 million from a subsidiary of Home BancShares Inc., but neither agency is saying much about it.

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