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Embezzlement, A Growing Crime

By Steven Rodriguez

America’s economy is in a state of flux, and many investigations have begun into the seemingly underhanded financial deals that have gone on, particularly in the mortgage industry.  While the media has been paying attention to Wall Street, Los Angeles criminal attorneys know that smaller embezzlement infractions have happened in smaller towns as well. In Connecticut, a wife and husband were charged with conspiring to embezzle about $250,000 from Northeast Mortgage Corp. on Main Street South, police said. Also in Connecticut, a former prosecutor received a 22-month prison sentence for using his position to embezzle $28,000 from his own union and to steal more than $55,000 intended for charities and crime victims. In Maine, a woman was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of bank fraud in connection with a scheme to embezzle more than $300,000 from her employer, Multinational Resources Inc...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on September 24, 2008 (boomark / email).