Embezzlement

BENEFITING FROM $8M HEALTH 'SCAM'

A Westchester man has been charged with embezzling $8 million from his employer and using the money to pay for luxury cars, his child's college education and real estate in Florida. Dennis Dowd, 52, who lives in Yorktown...

Arizona's Renzi indicted on graft charges

Retiring Rep. Rick Renzi was indicted Thursday on federal racketeering charges related to previous charges that he funded his campaign with money he embezzled and used his position in Congress to commit extortion.

NAB drops all corruption cases against politicians

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has dropped all corruption cases against politicians, both the government and the opposition, but is still working on 3,336 cases involving embezzle...

Woman pleads not guilty to brewery embezzlement

ANACONDA - A woman accused of embezzling $19,000 from an Anaconda brewery and restaurant has pleaded not guilty to felony theft. Mardine Silvia of Sparks, Nev., is accused of stealing $19,402.60 from the Rocky Mountain Brewery...

UPDATE: Treasurer charged with embezzlement

By KATE SHERIDAN, Tribune Correspondent Michiana village clerk-treasurer and Three Oaks interim village president Mary Jo Nallenweg could serve up to 14 years in prison if convicted on two felony counts for alleged financial...

WGAW administrator sentenced

Front Page: Trinh, Howze charged with embezzling -- A former WGA West assistant administrator and another woman have been sentenced to five years of probation and required to pay restitution for embezzling $17,228 from funds...

Sheriff seizes Cape properties of accused Natick company embezzler

Accused embezzler Jeffrey Windle of Harwich Port faces new federal indictments for tax evasion, and the federal government is seeking forfeiture of his real estate including his homes in West Dennis and Harwich Port.

Taiwan's former president held in corruption probe

Chen Shui-bian, once an anticorruption crusader, was detained Tuesday on charges that he embezzled millions of dollars in public funds. Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian was detained on suspicion of corruption Tuesday,...

Ex-PAP branch treasurer jailed for embezzling more than S$78k

By Zul Othman, TODAY | Posted: 12 November 2008 1019 hrs SINGAPORE: As treasurer for the People’s Action Party (PAP) Aljunied-Kembangan branch since 2004, it was Peter Lee Yoke Leong’s job to sort out the division’s bank...

Former office bookkeeper faces Pa. state prison

A former bookkeeper for a Philadelphia-area doctors' office faces state prison for embezzling money she used to splurge on jewelry, electronics, motor vehicles and air travel. Twenty-nine-year-old Kirsten Jones of Philadelphia...