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An administrator of a church stole more than $360,000 in church funds as part of an embezzlement scheme that went on for five years in northern California, federal prosecutors said.
The Bell scandal involved the misappropriation of public funds in Bell, California, United States, over a period of several years in the late 2000s.In July 2010, the Los Angeles Times published an investigative article on possible malfeasance in the neighboring city of Maywood, revealing that the city officials of Bell received salaries that were reported as the highest in the nation. [1]
On June 15, 2018, following an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California in San Francisco that lasted more than two years, a federal grand jury indicted Holmes and former Theranos chief operating officer and president, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, on nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
California 1935 Sale of appointive office (18 U.S.C. § 150) (currently codified at 18 U.S.C. § 211) [34] Democrat: William J. Jefferson: House of Representatives: Louisiana 2009 Federal official bribery, wire fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and RICO: William J. Jefferson corruption case [35] Democrat: John Jenrette: House of ...
Prosecutors said Jorge Armando Contreras, 52, used stolen money to buy a $1.5-million house and a $127,000 BMW, and cosmetic surgery and luxury items.
A former Highland County administrator accused of stealing approximately $20,000 pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of embezzlement of public funds, court records show.
He was convicted of petty theft and ordered to pay a $25 fine in San Luis Obispo, California, in 1948 [33] and in 1978 was convicted of illegal business practices, namely, making false claims about his ability to cure physical illnesses in France. He was sentenced in absentia to four years in prison, which was never served.
Michael Avenatti, the brash lawyer recently sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison in a $25 million extortion case in New York, now is on trial in California on charges of embezzling millions from his ...