October 27, 2006
A Multicounty Grand Jury indictment unsealed recently in Oklahoma’s Cherokee County District Court accuses District Attorney Richard Gray of embezzling money seized as evidence in drug investigations, state Attorney General Drew Edmondson said. Gray, the district attorney for Adair, Cherokee, …
October 24, 2006
An Avon, Conn. woman has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison for embezzling about $1 million from her employer. Jessica Feurer, 36, worked as an insurance claims handler for ESIS Inc. in Windsor, an affiliate of …
October 22, 2006
The former chief executive of MassMutual Financial Group was wrongfully fired a year and a half ago and is entitled to financial compensation that could be worth as much as $50 million, according to an arbitration decision. The decision, reached …
October 6, 2006
A federal judge has sentenced two men to six years in prison for their roles in the failure of a Tulsa, Okla. insurance company. Besides prison terms for convictions on embezzlement, wire fraud and money laundering charges, U.S. District Judge …
September 26, 2006
An Espanola, N.M., insurance agent has been charged with embezzling more than $52,000 from his clients. A grand jury indictment of 60 criminal counts was filed Friday against Dennis O’Brien in district court in Santa Fe, N.M. O’Brien was named …
September 19, 2006
An Elk City, Okla. man was ordered to pay more than $20,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud in Oklahoma County District Court, the state attorney general’s office announced. Brian W. Walton, 26, …
September 14, 2006
Lincoln County, Miss., Sheriff Wiley Calcote resigned Tuesday and pleaded guilty to a single state charge of embezzlement. Calcote, who was in his first term, was indicted on 15 counts of embezzlement by a public official last month. His resignation …
September 5, 2006
The two candidates for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner drew at least one-quarter of their campaign contributions since January 2005 from out-of-state donors, campaign data shows. The Oklahoman’s analysis of campaign records from January 2005 through July shows about $1 out of …
August 14, 2006
Former McAlester, Okla., City Manager Randy Green was sentenced to four years and three months in prison following his conviction on federal embezzlement charges that accused him of misapplying money from the city during a time when it was receiving …
August 11, 2006
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction and prison sentence of the former manager of a defunct Oklahoma farmers cooperative. Gregory Vincent Hunt has been free pending appeal and never served any of his 5 1/4-year …