Embezzlement

Ex-ICE Intelligence Chief Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Andrew Becker | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Fraud, Embezzlement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Fbi, Ice, James Woosley Guilty Plea, James Woosley Embezzlement, James Woosley Guilty, James M. Woosley, James-Woosley, Politics News
Andrew Becker

A former chief of intelligence for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pleaded guilty today to embezzlement charges stemming from a travel voucher fraud and kickback scheme that has cost the government more than $600,000.

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Ex-ICE Intelligence Chief Charged With Embezzlement

Andrew Becker | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: James Woosley, Embezzlement, Fraud, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ice, Politics News
Andrew Becker

A former intelligence chief for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is accused of embezzling more than $180,000 stemming from a travel voucher fraud and kickback scheme that has defrauded the government of more than $500,000.

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Comptroller Allegedly Embezzled Millions To Fund Horse Breeding Business [UPDATE]

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Embezzlement, Meri-J Ranch, President Ronald Reagan, Video, Department of Human Services, Dixon Illinois, Horse Breeding, Municipal Bankruptcy, Harriette Walters, Rita Crundwell, Chicago Tribune, Slidepollajax, Business News

Municipal budgets around the country have been squeezed tight in recent years, and a city official in one town allegedly exacerbated those financial w...

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Bank Of America Could Be Looking At A Big Old Lawsuit

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Embezzlement, Bank of America Embezzlement, Maine Trial Lawyers Association, Video, Bank of America Lawsuit, Washington, Bofa Embezzlement, Bank of America, Bofa Lawsuit, Bofa, Washington State, Seattle, Davis-Lynch, Joseph Phan, Big Banks, Dan Satterberg, Business News

A million-dollar embezzlement case in Seattle could land Bank of America in hot water. Joseph Phan, a former Seattle Public Utilities employee, is ...

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Former Ronald McDonald House Charities Exec Stole From Sick Kids

Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Embezzlement, Randall Morrison, Video, Charity, Ronald McDonald House, Cancer Survivor, Magnus Knudsen, Child Cancer, Donations, Jolene Kopplin, Lance Kopplin, Impact News

Randall Morrison, the former treasurer for a branch of the Ronald McDonald House Charities, is on trial for stealing $142,000 from the organization's ...

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2 Men Charged In WTC Fraud

AP | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Fraud, Embezzlement, World Trade Center, World Trade Center Fraud, New York News, Ny News, World-Trade-Center-Redevelopment, New York News

NEW YORK -- Two trucking company owners have been charged in New York with a fraud involving the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site. Federa...

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Embezzlement Scandal Hits California Lawmakers' Accounts Hard

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Difi, California, Durkee, Sanchez, Linda Sanchez, Dianne Feinstein, Loretta Sanchez, Kinde Durkee Embezzlement, California Democrats, Video, Feinstein, Kinde Durkee, Kinde Durkee Scandal, Fundraising, Politics News

WASHINGTON — California lawmakers who employed a treasurer facing federal embezzlement charges reported some steep financial losses to their cam...

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Who's Been In The Girl Scouts Cookie Jar?

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Fraud, Girl Scout Cookies, District Attorney, Video, Forgery, Orangutans, Diamond Ring, Girl Scouts of America, Palm Oil, Ny Post, Grand Larceny, Nbc, Business News

Former finance director of the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York, Yaasmin Hooey, has been charged with stealing $310,000 from the nonprofit organ...

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Man Sentenced For Microsoft Embezzlement Scheme

AP | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Microsoft Embezzlement, Robert Curry Microsoft, Microsoft Wire Fraud, Robert D. Curry, Robert Curry, Microsoft, Wire Fraud, Technology News

SEATTLE -- A Seattle man has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison in an embezzlement scheme that defrauded Microsoft Corp. of more than $450...

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California Democrats Facing Huge Challenges After Scandal

AP | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Fraud, Orange County Young Democrats, Video, Campaign Fundraising, Kinde Durkee, California Democratic Party, Dianne Feinstein, Fundraising, California Democrats, Small Business Video, Politics News

By GILLIAN FLACCUS, Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Democratic politicians in California are facing huge challenges as they work to rebuild d...

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Kinde Durkee Clients Could Struggle To Replace Stolen Funds

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Fraud, Embezzlement, California, Durkee & Associates, Susan Davis, Kinde Durkee, Campaign Contributions, California Democratic Party, Dianne Feinstein, 112th Congress, Loretta Sanchez, Jose Solorio, Durkee & Associates Scandal, Politics News

Clients of Kinde Durkee, the Democratic campaign treasurer who was arrested by the FBI on allegations of fraud, may struggle to replace the money they...

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Dianne Feinstein On Kinde Durkee Scandal: 'I Was Wiped Out Too'

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Dianne Feinstein Campaign Funds, Embezzlement, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California, Campaign Fundraising, California Democratic Party, Dianne Feinstein, Fbi, Loretta Sanchez, Jose Solorio, Fraud, Politics News, Susan Davis, Kinde Durkee, Federal Election Commission, 112th Congress, Campaign Funding, Politics News

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said her campaign funds were "wiped out" by Kinde Durkee, a longtime Democratic campaign treasurer who was arrested b...

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Rep. Susan Davis: 'We've Been Robbed', Staffer The 'Bernie Madoff Of Campaign Finance Treasurers'

Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Embezzlement, Politics News, California, Susan Davis, Kinde Durkee, Rep. Susan Davis, Federal Election Commission, California Democratic Party, 112th Congress, Loretta Sanchez, Jose Solorio, Bernie Madoff, Politics News

SAN DIEGO (AP/The Huffington Post) -- A Southern California congresswoman told supporters, "We've Been Robbed" as she detailed the losses she said her...

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Democratic Congresswoman: Fraudster Staffer Stole My Campaign Funds

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Politics News, California, Campaign Fundraising, Kinde Durkee, California Democratic Party, 112th Congress, Loretta Sanchez, Fundraising, Democrats, Rep. Loretta Sanchez, California Democrats, Jose Solorio, Politics News

Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) discovered her campaign funds were wiped out after her treasurer, Kinde Durkee, was arrested on suspicion of mail frau...

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Last Will and Embezzlement

Pamela Glasner | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Embezzlement, Elderly, Senior Citizens, Medical Surrogacy, Elder Embezzlement, Senior Abuse, Elder Exploitation, Impact News
Pamela Glasner

I learned too late (shortly after my 90-year-old mother's death) that my parents were the victims of elder exploitation. The pain of living through the wreckage this perpetrator has left in his wake is sometimes all but unbearable.

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Cancer Hospital Employee Steals $1.2 Million In Office Supplies

AP | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Printer Toner, Embezzlement, Nyc Hospital Worker, Nyc Hospital, Weird News, Nyc, Crime, Toner, Sloane Kettering, 1.2 Million Dollars, New York, Office Supplies, New York News

NEW YORK -- A former New York City hospital worker has admitted embezzling $1.2 million from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center by ordering pr...

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Tunisia's Ex-President Faces Two New Trials

AP | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Former Tunisia President, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Trials, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia Protests, Arab Spring, Drug Smuggling, World News

TUNIS, Tunisia — A Tunisian court on Thursday postponed a trial in two new cases targeting the country's ousted president over alleged corruptio...

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Former Citigroup Vice President Charged With Embezzling $19 Million

Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Vikram Pandit, Embezzlement, 2008 Financial Crisis, Greed, White Collar Crime, Citigroup Bailout, Gary Foster, Corporate Greed, Citigroup, Business News

NEW YORK (Jessica Dye) - A former vice president at Citigroup Inc was charged with bank fraud on Monday for allegedly embezzling more than $19 mil...

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Former Chinese Vice Mayor Sentenced To Death

AP | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Capital Punishment, Death Sentence, Xu Maiyong, Bribery, Death Penalty, Hangzhou, China, World News

BEIJING -- A former vice mayor of China's wealthy resort city of Hangzhou was sentenced to death Thursday on corruption charges, state media reported,...

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SAG Manager Investigated for Embezzlement of Unclaimed Residuals

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Residuals, Entertainment News, Sag, Breaking Entertainment News, Entertainment, Breaking News, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Two employees were discharged, one for possible embezzlement of $200,000-$250,000 and the other for violation of policies. An outside probe is ongoing...

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Nun Accused Of Stealing $1.2 Million From Iona College

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Iona College, Sister Susie, Sister Marie Thornton, Video, Nun Embezzlement, Iona Nun Embezzlement, College News

Iona College's vice president of finance was arrested Thursday and charged with one felony count of embezzling $1.2 million from the college, accordin...

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Waterbury Priest Kevin Gray Stole $1.3 Million To Pay For Male Escorts, Say Police

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Roman Catholic Church, Homosexual, Steal, Escorts, Prostitutes, Sacred Heart, Waterburty, Gay Rights, Catholic Church, Sagrado Corazon, Sex, Connecticut, Lesbians, Gays, Hartford Archdiocese, Waterbury Priest $1.3 Million, Religion News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Rev. Kevin J. Gray was a popular priest who appeared to live humbly, forgoing a car and walking to Mass from another pari...

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Author Steel's Ex-Aide Sentenced For Embezzlement

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daneille Steel, Embezzlement, Authors, Police Officer, Romance Writer, Bestselllers, San Francisco, Books News

SAN FRANCISCO — Danielle Steel's former assistant has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for embezzling more than $760,000 from the ...

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Helen Hawkins, Former Schools Official, Spent Thousands Of School Money On Designer Bags, Hair Products

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Embezzlement, Chicago School Corruption, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Inspector General, Inspector General, Helen Hawkins, Chicago Corruption, Chicago Charter Schools, Cps, Chicago News

Helen Hawkins, the former head of the Triumphant Charter school on the city's South Side, is facing jail time after using school funds to buy designer...

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Cuba's Premier Resort, Behind the Shiny Postcards

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Market in Cuba, Varadero, Cuba, Embezzlement, Tourism, Cuban Black Market, Beaches, Generation Y, World News
Yoani Sanchez

The employees of Varadero load up with food and beverages stolen from the hotel tables. Everyone benefits later from the black market sale of these items.

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