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Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others have been indicted at a court in Bangladesh on charges in a two million dollar-plus (£1.57 million) embezzlement case. Yunus, 83, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering microcredit to help impoverished people, especially women, pleaded not guilty and has been released on bail. […]
BRAMAN, Okla. (KFOR) — An audit conducted by the Oklahoma State Auditor Cindy Byrd uncovered suspected embezzlement by a town clerk in Kay County, who allegedly misappropriated just over $60K in town funds. The State Auditor’s office launched an investigation into Sandra Barrows, Town Clerk for the Town of Braman, at the request of District […]
An Athens business has reported an embezzlement by a former employee that alleges the theft of more than $3 million over a period of six years. Athens-Clarke police have begun an investigation on the complaint which was filed May 22 by company officials from Integrity Foods Inc. on Old Hull Road. The company is a […]
An open government group has asked the Delaware General Assembly to investigate an undisclosed embezzlement problem at the state Department of Labor’s Division of Unemployment Insurance. John Flaherty, Delaware Coalition for Open Government (DelCOG) board member, said the investigation request follows a May 6 story by WHYY News about a former Delaware Department of Labor […]
McALESTER — Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris has been charged with embezzlement of state property. He is accused in the felony case of unlawfully arranging for the sheriff’s office to purchase a damaged utility task vehicle (UTV) he had owned so he could get a new one for himself. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation […]
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man accused of embezzling $400,000 from his employer for a tough, practical reason: He’s dead. Randy Brett Lee, 54, worked for the Leesburg hazardous materials management company Infotrac Inc. until September 2022, when he was arrested and charged with grand theft and scheme to defraud. He died on April 24 […]
All charges dismissed against Register of Deeds accused of embezzlement Prosecutors have dismissed all of the charges against the Catawba County Register of Deeds after she was accused of embezzlement. Donna Spencer was charged in 2021 after detectives said she stole more than $100,000 from the county. Her trial was set to begin Monday on […]
Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been charged in connection with embezzlement of SNP funds following a police investigation into the party’s finances. The 59-year-old husband of former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon was taken into custody for questioning at 9.13am, more than a year after his first arrest. Scottish police confirmed on Thursday […]
(FOX40.COM) — A Plumas County Sherriff’s Office dispatcher was recently charged with several felonies that included stealing money from a fund that helped local children during the holidays. On Friday, Plumas County District Attorney David Hollister filed a three-count criminal complaint against Cassandra Beth Lavley, 39, of Quincy. She faces charges of embezzlement and fraudulent […]
Mar. 22—A Richfield Springs man was sentenced to four years of probation for embezzling assets from a labor union in federal court March 21. According to a media release, Jay Garnsey, 40, was employed by Remington Arms in Ilion and the financial secretary of the union that represented its employees from about late 2015, until […]
Mar. 15—After a six-year criminal and civil legal battle stemming from a complaint by her father, Danielle Kolashuk of Oakdale says she’s finally been vindicated. The New London County State’s Attorney’s Office last month dropped first-degree larceny and third-degree larceny charges against the 55-year-old mother of three. Norwich police, who investigated the case, alleged Kolashuk […]