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Carolina Company CFO Ordered to Pay Restitution to Insurer in $2 Million Embezzlement

The former chief financial officer for a Carolina-based manufacturing supply company must spend more than three years in prison and repay $2 million he embezzled, which includes payments made by the firm’s insurance carrier. Samuel Allen Mouzon, 62, for 20 …

Mississippi State Sorority Treasurer Sentenced in $4M Embezzlement

A woman has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $3 million in restitution for embezzling money from a Mississippi State University sorority. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that Betty Jane Cadle, …

Former Pharma Executive in New Jersey Charged With Embezzling Millions

A former executive and owner of a pharmaceutical company embezzled millions of dollars from his company to use for personal expenses, the U.S. attorney’s charged in a criminal complaint released Monday. John Klein allegedly took about $3.9 million from a …

New Jersey Executive Who Embezzled $48M Gets 75-Month Sentence

A former publication company executive was sentenced to more than six years in prison Monday in a $48 million embezzlement plot. A federal judge sentenced Nestor Charriez to 75 months and also ordered him to pay $43 million in restitution. …

Convicted Massachusetts Shoe Company Exec to Forfeit Home to Feds

A former executive at a Massachusetts shoe manufacturer convicted last month of embezzling $30 million from the company must also now surrender his $800,000 home, according to court records. A federal forfeiture notice shows the government will seize a Duxbury …

3 South Dakota Family Members Sentenced for Defrauding Farmers

Three members of a South Dakota family accused of bilking millions from farmers due to risky speculation in the grain business have been sentenced to time behind bars. Jared Steffensen and his wife, Tami Steffensen, pleaded guilty earlier to theft …

Ex-Shoe Company Exec in Massachusetts Gets Nearly Six Years for Embezzlement

A former executive at a nearly 140-year-old shoe manufacturer in Massachusetts has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for embezzling $30 million from the company and spending it on luxury items and travel for himself and another person, …

US Golf Association Employee Charged in Embezzlement Scheme

A former United States Golf Association employee has been charged in a scheme to embezzle funds from the unauthorized sale of U.S. Open Championship tickets, Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced Tuesday. According to a statement released by …

Former Pennsylvania Bank Manager Accused of Setting Fire to Conceal Embezzlement

The former branch manager of a western Pennsylvania credit union stole $340,000 and then set the bank safe on fire to throw off investigators, federal prosecutors said. A federal grand jury indicted Patty Lynn Mavrakis of Belle Vernon on Wednesday …

Ex-Boston Police Department Auto Repair Worker Will Plead Guilty to Fraud Scheme

A former Boston Police Department auto repair technician has agreed to plead guilty to a scheme to embezzle more than $260,000 from the department in auto parts and supplies, federal prosecutors said. Bahram Gharony bought parts and supplies, claiming they …