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September 22, 2008

Former Berkley High School secretary charged with embezzlement

detnews.com | 9/18/08 | Shawn D Lewis

The Oakland County Prosecutor's Office has charged a former Berkley High School records secretary with embezzlement in a case involving nearly $28,000 missing from student activities accounts, clubs and fundraisers.

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September 17, 2008

Lunch money embezzlement to end in deal

concordmonitor.com | 9/16/08 | Meg Heckman

A former bookkeeper plans to plead guilty to skimming more than $400,000 in lunch money from the Concord School District.  Edith Kelley of Loudon is accused of taking between $300 and $400 from the lunch program every day for seven years. By the time she was indicted in late 2006, investigators say, she'd stolen $418,876.

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August 18, 2008

Water District tightens security after embezzlement

sacbee.com | 8/14/08 | Stan Oklobdzija

The Fair Oaks Water District is taking steps to enhance security in the wake of an embezzlement scandal three months ago. Following an independent auditor's report finalized in July, the district, which provides water to 14,000 residential and commercial users, stepped up oversight in the billing department as well as in its inventory count procedures, according to a letter presented to the board of directors at its monthly meeting Monday.

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Salvation Army theft alleged

tulsaworld.com | 8/15/08 | David Schulte

A former finance director of The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center has been charged with embezzlement amid accusations that she stole more than $205,000 from the organization, court records show.

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August 2, 2008

City employee accused of taking money from center

news-record.com | 8/1/08 | Sonja Elmquist

GREENSBORO — A city employee was arrested Friday, accused of taking nearly $10,000 from the Trotter Recreation Center, a city facility she supervised.

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July 18, 2008

Former city secretary guilty, faces up to 10 years in prison

beaumontenterprise.com | 7/17/08 | Ryan Myers

BEAUMONT - The former city secretary of China will be sentenced next month after being found guilty Thursday of embezzling more than $60,000 from the small community in west Jefferson County.

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June 9, 2008

Duke Power embezzlement involved 261 transactions

mtairynews.com | 6/6/09 | Staff Writer

City police released additional details Friday about an alleged embezzlement from Duke Power Co., which show that the company was taken for $37,890 by a person who collected payments for local electric bills.

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May 28, 2008

Woman sentenced in shelter embezzlement

denverpost.com | 5/27/08 | Anna Haislip

The woman convicted of stealing more than $100,000 from Denver Animal Control and Care was given a suspended 6-year prison sentence today on the condition she completes 12 years supervised probation, including $114,649 in restitution.

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April 20, 2008

Woman admits embezzling Newport money

delewareonline.com | 4/19/08 | Ira Porter

An administrative assistant and bookkeeper for the town of Newport confessed to embezzling more than $100,000 over a threeyear period, police said.  Cynthia Reynolds, 48, of the 100 block of W. Thomson Drive, Elkton, Md., turned herself in Friday, according to Newport Police Chief Michael J. Capriglione.

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April 9, 2008

Kingsport armored car service founder gets 30 days for embezzlement

timesnews.net | 4/8/8 | Matthew Lane

KINGSPORT — The founder of Capital Armored Services received a 30-day prison sentence for embezzling $7,000 from the company over a two-month period last year.

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February 13, 2008

Art detective to track stolen paintings

swissinfo.ch | 2/13/08 | Clare Odea

The armed robbers who drove away from the Bührle museum in Zurich with paintings worth SFr180 million ($165 million) have set wheels in motion in the art world.

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