Westport, CT
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College Director From Westport Embezzled $3.5M To Fund Her Lavish Lifestyle, DA Says College Director From Westport Embezzled $3.5M To Fund Her Lavish Lifestyle, DA Says College Director From Westport Embezzled $3.5M To Fund Her Lavish Lifestyle, DA Says
College Director From Westport Embezzled $3.5M To Fund Her Lavish Lifestyle, DA Says A former director at New York University is being accused of embezzling millions in state funding and using much of the money to fund a lavish lifestyle at her home in Connecticut home, according to authorities. The six-year fraud by Fairfield County resident Cindy Tappe, age 57, of Westport, related to two NYU programs, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced this week. Tappe used her position as the director of finance and administration for NYU’s Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and Transformation of Schools to diver…

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by Joe Lombardi
Bowie, MD
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Corrections Officer From Maryland Used Stolen Labor Committee Funds For Lavish NYC Trip: DOJ Corrections Officer From Maryland Used Stolen Labor Committee Funds For Lavish NYC Trip: DOJ Corrections Officer From Maryland Used Stolen Labor Committee Funds For Lavish NYC Trip: DOJ
Corrections Officer From Maryland Used Stolen Labor Committee Funds For Lavish NYC Trip: DOJ A District of Columbia Department of Corrections Officer from Maryland has been apprehended for embezzling tens of thousands of dollars so he and his friends could live a life of luxury in New York, federal officials announced. Andra Parker, 64, of Capitol Heights, was arrested on Monday, Dec. 19, and charged in federal court with embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from a D.C. Department of Corrections Labor Union. Prosecutors say that between June 2018 and May 2019 Parker served as chairman of the DC Department of Corrections Labor Committee, which represents all members of the DC Dep…

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by Zak Failla
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
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Montco School Admin Embezzled $579K, Opened Cards In Employees' Names: DA Montco School Admin Embezzled $579K, Opened Cards In Employees' Names: DA Montco School Admin Embezzled $579K, Opened Cards In Employees' Names: DA
Montco School Admin Embezzled $579K, Opened Cards In Employees' Names: DA A private school administrator in Montgomery County is accused of embezzling more than half a million dollars, opening credit accounts in her employees' names, and using the money to live a lavish lifestyle, authorities say.  Katherine Paprocka, 36, of Paoli, was arraigned on dozens of felony charges Tuesday, Dec. 13 related to her work as senior administrator at the Penn Christian Academy in East Norriton, a private non-profit educational institution, said county District Attorney Kevin R. Steele in a statement.  Investigators first began examining the school's finances after a private in…

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by Mac Bullock
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
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PA Volunteer Fire Company Discovers $351,978 Theft By Treasurer Trying To Pay For Rescue Truck PA Volunteer Fire Company Discovers $351,978 Theft By Treasurer Trying To Pay For Rescue Truck PA Volunteer Fire Company Discovers $351,978 Theft By Treasurer Trying To Pay For Rescue Truck
PA Volunteer Fire Company Discovers $351,978 Theft By Treasurer Trying To Pay For Rescue Truck A 48-year-old woman in central Pennsylvania has been arrested for stealing "at least $351,978" from a volunteer fire department, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Leann Fisher allegedly stole the funds rather than depositing the funds for the White Deer Township Volunteer fire company while working as the treasurer starting in Dec. 2018 through July 2022, according to the affidavit of probable cause.  Pennsylvania state police launched the investigation on July 25, 2022, when Susquehanna Community Bank called the fire company to inform the volunteers that they…

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by Jillian Pikora
Fairfax, VA
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Public Schools Assistant In VA, Target Worker Accused Of Embezzling $10K From Employer: Police Public Schools Assistant In VA, Target Worker Accused Of Embezzling $10K From Employer: Police Public Schools Assistant In VA, Target Worker Accused Of Embezzling $10K From Employer: Police
Public Schools Assistant In VA, Target Worker Accused Of Embezzling $10K From Employer: Police Authorities in Virginia say that a Chantilly woman working as a Fairfax County Public Schools instructional assistant and part-time Target employee has been arrested and charged with felony embezzlement for allegedly stealing from her second job. Denise Pitkin-Tilson, 55, has been charged with stealing more than $10,000 in cash, gift cards, and merchandise from the Target store in Chantilly while working as a temporary employee there, according to a spokesperson from the Fairfax County Police Department. Pitkin-Tilson also works as an instructional assistant at Eagle View Elementary School…

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by Zak Failla
Stamford, CT
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Former Stamford Attorney Admits Defrauding Clients Of More Than $700K Former Stamford Attorney Admits Defrauding Clients Of More Than $700K Former Stamford Attorney Admits Defrauding Clients Of More Than $700K
Former Stamford Attorney Admits Defrauding Clients Of More Than $700K A former real estate lawyer based in Fairfield County faces prison time for illegally using funds received from his clients, causing them to lose over $700,000.  Westerly, Rhode Island resident William McCullough, age 62, admitted to the embezzling scheme on Wednesday, Nov. 23, according to the Connecticut Department of Justice District.  As part of his Stamford-based law practice, McCullough would handle real estate transactions for clients and receive funds that he was required to deposit into an Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Account (IOLTA Account) to use as part of his dutie…

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by Ben Crnic
Teaneck, NJ
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Feds: Ex-Owner, CEO 'Pilfered' $3.9M From Bergen Pharma Company To Fund Lavish Lifestyle Feds: Ex-Owner, CEO 'Pilfered' $3.9M From Bergen Pharma Company To Fund Lavish Lifestyle Feds: Ex-Owner, CEO 'Pilfered' $3.9M From Bergen Pharma Company To Fund Lavish Lifestyle
Feds: Ex-Owner, CEO 'Pilfered' $3.9M From Bergen Pharma Company To Fund Lavish Lifestyle The former founder and CEO of a Bergen County pharmaceutical firm embezzled $3.9 million from the business to help pay credit card charges, property taxes and his kid's private school tuition, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Friday says. John Klein, 76, was arrested by federal agents last December. By that point, he'd been sued in federal court by several people with whom he either worked or collected investment money from at Cambridge Therapeutic Technologies in Teaneck, records show. Klein -- now of Tampa, Florida -- "looted and pilfered" the company to fund a "lavish" …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
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Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Embezzling Nearly $100K From Soccer Club Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Embezzling Nearly $100K From Soccer Club Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Embezzling Nearly $100K From Soccer Club
Hudson Valley Man Accused Of Embezzling Nearly $100K From Soccer Club Following a six-month investigation, a Hudson Valley man has been charged with allegedly embezzling some $100,000 from a soccer club. According to the Ramapo Police, a 35-year-old Hillburn resident was charged with grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. The department said the charges allege that between 2020 and 2022, the man embezzled more than $95,000 from the Ramapo Valley Soccer Club. The person charged was not named by the Ramapo Police Department. He was arraigned and released without bail and is scheduled to appear in court in November. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Cambridge, MA
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California Man Admits To Stealing $1.2M From His Wilmington Employer Over 16 Years California Man Admits To Stealing $1.2M From His Wilmington Employer Over 16 Years California Man Admits To Stealing $1.2M From His Wilmington Employer Over 16 Years
California Man Admits To Stealing $1.2M From His Wilmington Employer Over 16 Years Most everyone has swiped something small from work, but one California man admitted to taking $1.2 million from his job at a Wilmington company for16 years.  Darrell Pikes, 56, pleaded guilty to mail fraud as a result of the scheme this week in a federal court in Boston, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said.  Pike worked as a general manager for a company in Ontario, California, a subsidiary of a Wilmington Company. From 2005 until 2016, Pike submitted fake invoices from a fake company he conjured up called Consumer Information Systems that purportedly provided temporary st…

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by Josh Lanier
Bristol, PA
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Philly Area Mom Who Once Faked Daughter's Kidnapping Now Accused Of Embezzlement In NJ Philly Area Mom Who Once Faked Daughter's Kidnapping Now Accused Of Embezzlement In NJ Philly Area Mom Who Once Faked Daughter's Kidnapping Now Accused Of Embezzlement In NJ
Philly Area Mom Who Once Faked Daughter's Kidnapping Now Accused Of Embezzlement In NJ A former Pennsylvania mom now living in New Jersey who was once accused of faking her daughter's kidnapping has been charged with embezzling "tens of thousands" of dollars from her employer, authorities said. Bonnie Sweeten, 51, of Delanco, faces two counts of federal wire fraud charges, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced in a release on Monday, Oct. 17.  It's the second time Sweeten, formerly of Feasterville, has been accused of fleecing her employer — in 2012, she was sentenced to 100 months in prison after a federal court convicted her o…

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by Mac Bullock
New Haven, CT
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Ex-Yale Med School Worker Who Stole $40 Million In Electronics Sentenced Ex-Yale Med School Worker Who Stole $40 Million In Electronics Sentenced Ex-Yale Med School Worker Who Stole $40 Million In Electronics Sentenced
Ex-Yale Med School Worker Who Stole $40 Million In Electronics Sentenced A former Yale University School of Medicine employee who stole $40 million in computer and electronic hardware from the university has been sentenced. Jamie Petrone, age 43, a former resident of Naugatuck, was sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 13, to nine years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for wire fraud and filing a false tax return, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut. She pleaded guilty to the charges on March 28. Earlier report - Former Yale Med School Employee Admits Stealing, Selling $40 Million In Elec…

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by Nicole Valinote
Massapequa, NY
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Employee At NY Pharmaceutical Company Admits To Embezzling $1.38M, Tax Fraud Employee At NY Pharmaceutical Company Admits To Embezzling $1.38M, Tax Fraud Employee At NY Pharmaceutical Company Admits To Embezzling $1.38M, Tax Fraud
Employee At NY Pharmaceutical Company Admits To Embezzling $1.38M, Tax Fraud A former employee at a New York pharmaceutical company has admitted to embezzling nearly $1.5 million and committing tax fraud. Long Island resident Maria Porras, age 32, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of grand larceny and tax fraud Friday, Sept. 30, in Nassau County court. Prosecutors said Porras worked as an officer manager at RxUSA in Port Washington, where her duties gave her access to the company’s bookkeeping system. Over a five-year period between 2015 and 2019, she generated checks written from RxUSA’s account and from the accounts of two other affiliated companies, Eveready Wh…

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by Michael Mashburn