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Treasurer Accused of Embezzelment from Church/Cemetary

knoxnews.com | 6/29/09 | $675,000 | suspect:  Barry Cain | victim:  Gallaher Memorial Baptist Church, Edgewood Cemetary

Barry Cain served as the treasurer for the Gallaher Memorial Baptist Church from 2000 until 2006, according to police. While in that post, authorities say he embezzled nearly $80,000 by writing checks to himself and for personal bills.

OC Condo Association President Sentenced for Embezzlement

ocregister.com | 6/29/09 | $530,000 | suspect:  Peter Kontos | victim:  Vila Point Condominium Assoc.

The former head of a Newport Beach condominium association was sentenced to two years in prison Friday in a case involving embezzling more than $530,000, county prosecutors said.

Six arrested in lottery fraud sting operation

mydesert.com | 6/29/09 | Lottery Fraud

Six employees at stores across the California Coachella Valley were arrested on suspicion of trying to steal winning lottery tickets from customers, prosecutors announced today.

Madoff Ponzi Churned $171 Billion

ap.google.com | 6/29/09 | suspect:  Bernard Madoff

Bernard Madoff would be stripped of all his possessions under a $171 billion forfeiture order handed down only days before prosecutors seek to put the disgraced financier away in prison for the rest of his life.

New Zealand Sheep Farmers Victims in Railroad Bond Scheme

mercurynews.com | 6/29/09 | $4 million | suspect: Joseph Thornburgh and Steven Fishman

A federal jury in Oklahoma convicted two men Friday in a $4 million money laundering conspiracy and investment fraud case with international ties.

Title Company Employee Adds Personal Expenses to Closing Statements

twincitites.com | 6/25/09 | $220,000 | suspect:  Kuntee Singramdoo

A Lakeville woman faces charges she embezzled $220,000 from a Burnsville title and real estate company to pay 24 creditors, including Macy's and Bloomingdales.

Fmr. Acctg. Mgr. Pleads Guilty To Foundation Embezzlement

fbi.gov | 6/26/09 | $74,000 | suspect:  James Boston | victim:  Historic Savannah Foundation

James Walter Boston, 53, of Savannah, Georgia, pled guilty to embezzling money from the general operating account of the Historic Savannah Foundation, a non-profit organization, while he was employed as its Accounting and Finance Manager

Another Family Member Accused in Dane Cook Embezzlement

boston.com |  6/26/09 | $10 million | suspect:  Erika McCauley | victim:  Dane Cook

Investigators searching the homes of Dane Cook's former manager and his wife found cash stashed in the freezer, in Tupperware, and in the bathtub, a prosecutor said this afternoon at the arraignment of the wife, who is facing charges that she helped her husband to steal millions from the entertainer.

Columbia University Official Sentenced in Expense Reibursement Scheme

fbi.gov | 6/25/09 | $180,000 | suspect:  John Bzdil | victim:  Columbia University

JOHN BZDIL, III, who worked as the Manager of the Pediatric Neurosciences Department of the Neurological Institute at Columbia University, was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for defrauding Columbia of more than $180,000.

Former CFO Indicted in Museum Embezzlment

boston.com | 6/23/09 | $1.3 million | suspect:  Peggy Kempton | victim:  Fruitland Museum

The former chief financial officer of a small museum in the town of Harvard has been indicted for allegedly embezzling more than $1.3 million from the institution, the attorney general's office said today.