May 23, 2008
A former Washington County, Pennsylvania borough president has been sentenced to two to four years in prison for embezzling $260,000 from a grocery store. Prosecutors say 47-year-old Scott Byron Gray worked at Interstate Foodland in Canton Township for about 20 …
April 24, 2008
North Carolina officials arrested a Newport, N.C. woman and charged her with one count of embezzlement by an insurance agent, according to Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. Heather Dawn Cagle, 34, who worked as an agent for Chalk & Gibbs insurance …
April 9, 2008
A Montgomery, Ala. insurance executive indicted by a federal grand jury is blaming his legal problems on political retaliation by Republicans, including the governor, a politician the executive once supported but later sued. “If these politicians think they can intimidate …
April 4, 2008
A 26-count indictment was returned against a Montgomery, Ala. insurance executive. Louis Franklin, acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, said a federal grand jury charged John W. Goff with mail fraud, embezzlement, conspiracy and making false statements …
March 20, 2008
North Carolina Department of Insurance investigators made five arrests in several unrelated insurance fraud cases this month. Officials arrested Larry Drake of 508 E. 21st St., Lumberton, N.C., on March 6, and charged him with one count of embezzlement by …
March 6, 2008
Arizona Rep. Rick Renzi pleaded not guilty to all charges in a federal indictment accusing him of abusing his office for financial gain and for raising campaign funds by embezzling insurance premiums collected by his family’s firm. Renzi was arraigned …
March 5, 2008
A former exec at Willis Management in Vermont has been charged with embezzling more than $2.2 million from the captive insurance manager. Thirty-six-year-old Kenneth MacKay – a former senior vice president – is accused of using money from the company …
March 4, 2008
A couple that has won multiple lawsuits over a smear campaign by a former television station news director has sued the former owner of the station looking to collect a judgment won against the company’s former employee. Christopher and Elizabeth …
February 26, 2008
Republican U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi of Arizona has been indicted on a slew of public corruption charges and for stealing from his insurance company’s clients to fund his first campaign, federal authorities announced. The 26-page indictment issued last Thursday culminated …
February 19, 2008
A Lincoln cemetery plans to reimburse several hundred funeral accounts that had missing funds that were not properly transferred. The department released a report indicating a lawyer with the Nebraska Department of Insurance said the department could not determine what …