palmbeachpost.com | 10/21/08 | $18,000 | victim: First Congregational Church
The Martin County Sheriffs' Office reported that 2 women who had access to a churchs finances are suspects in the embezzlement of $18,000 of church funds.
tricities.com | 8/22/08 | Michael Owens
Jimmie Clark’s voice cracked when explaining to his children that “daddy ... did wrong.” Minutes earlier, he had pleaded guilty to six counts of embezzlement and apologized for pocketing $91,426.90 worth of donations while executive director for local Christmas charity Santa Pal.
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gulflive.com | 8/12/08 | Cherie Ward
State Auditor Stacey Pickering released an annual report that states his office recovered nearly $2 million in wrongly disbursed public funds, including three debts in Jackson County.
postcrescent.com | 7/28/08 | Staff Writer
APPLETON — Prosecutors say an Appleton woman who was a board member of Fox Valley Unified Soccer Club stole as much as $63,000 of the club’s fund.
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venturacountystar.com | 7/24/08 | Staff Writer
A woman who led the Coalition to End Family Violence was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of embezzling more than $100,000 from the organization, Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten said.
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istockanalyst.com | 7/22/08 | Francine Sawyer
Susan Manning Barney made her first appearance in Craven County Superior Court on Tuesday after a grand jury indicted her on four counts of embezzling a total of $760,657 from a church.
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nytimes.com | 7/9/08 | Stepanie Strom
The groups, Acorn, one of the country’s largest community organizing groups, and the Points of Light Institute, which works to encourage civic activism and volunteering, have dealt with the problems in very different ways.
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smartpros.com | 7/07/08 | MR Kropko Associated Press
CLEVELAND - A federal jury on Thursday convicted the former top accountant at the Cleveland Catholic Diocese of tax charges and acquitted him of more serious charges related to alleged kickbacks.
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philly.com | 6/14/08 | Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Lancaster man faces a federal mail-fraud charge stemming from an alleged scheme to divert $1.1 million form a Lutheran church organization where he worked.
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startribune.com | 6/12/08 | Anthony Lonetree
St. Paul police are investigating the possible embezzlement of tens of thousands of dollars from St. Bernard's Catholic Church in the North End neighborhood, police spokesman Peter Panos said.
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ocregister.com | 5/28/08 Jeff Overley
NEWPORT BEACH – A former Irvine resident was sentenced to six years in prison today after pleading guilty to stealing $320,000 from Newport Harbor Lutheran Church, prosecutors said.
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roanoake.com | 5/21/08 | Mike Allan
Lola Taylor Rowe replied "not guilty" as a clerk read the charges against her: seven counts of embezzlement while she served as treasurer for three churches in Catawba. Rowe, 70, maintained that she didn't think she had done anything wrong. She'd always intended to pay back the money, which a Roanoke County police investigator estimated to be $50,000.
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captecodonline.com | 5/16/08 | Patrick Cassidy
Jeffrey Windle is not the first person accused of stealing money from a church on Cape Cod. And the Congregational Church of South Dennis, where the Harwich Port man was volunteer treasurer until last week, is not the first local religious institution to deal with a theft.
digtriad.com | 4/30/08 | Staff Writer
Thomasville, NC -- The former treasurer of a Davidson County church is facing embezzlement charges. Teresa Swartz of Thomasville was arrested Tuesday in connection with the disappearance of $104,521 from the Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church.
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