State police arrested a former Central Oregon bookkeeper accused of faking her death after embezzling more than $225,000 from an employer. A Deschutes County grand jury indicted 36-year-old Christine Marie Harris on charges of aggravated theft and forgery, police said …
A longtime bookkeeper pleaded guilty Wednesday to allegations she embezzled more than $50 million from a small city in Illinois to fund a lavish lifestyle that included a nationally known horse-breeding operation. Rita Crundwell, the former comptroller of Dixon, pleaded …
The number of embezzlement is on the rise in Maine. Between 1987 and 2002, no more than 20 people were arrested for embezzlement each year. The Sun Journal of Lewiston reports that the numbers started going up in 2003, with …
A southwestern Pennsylvania volunteer fire chief has been jailed on charges he stole about $13,000 from the department since 2010. Police say 42-year-old Victor Anthony Fedrick, of Allenport, withdrew $9,210 from the Allenport Volunteer Fire Department’s bank account where he’s …
A former Iowa workforce adviser helping lead a class-action discrimination lawsuit filed by black workers is expected to face federal charges of embezzlement and identity theft. Linda Pippen is due in court Wednesday for a hearing where she is expected …
A federal judge has sentenced a Jones woman to 30 months in prison for embezzling $1.5 million from an Oklahoma City electric company where she worked as a bookkeeper. U.S. District Judge David Russell also on Tuesday ordered 50-year-old Lora …
A Tennessee woman told a federal judge in Baton Rouge, La., that she embezzled over $491,000 in benefits intended for employees of union contractors in five states. Theresa Waters, 45, of Murfreesboro, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement from …
A jury has awarded nearly $2 million to the owner of a now-defunct discount store after finding that the Bank of Rhode Island drove the store out of business by wrongfully demanding repayment for funds withdrawn by an embezzling employee. …
A woman convicted of embezzling public money by fraudulently receiving more than $20,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while working at the VA Hospital in Grand Island , Neb., has been sentenced to 5 years of probation. The U.S. attorney’s office …
A federal judge has sentenced an associate of former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi to three years’ probation for conspiracy and embezzlement convictions related to his role as the accountant at Renzi’s family insurance firm. U.S. District Judge David Bury rejected …