Showing posts with label falsification of corporate books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label falsification of corporate books. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Alaska National Guardsman Accused Of Embezzling $220K From Support Fund

Jason Mathew Johnson, currently an airman with the Alaska National Guard, has been accused of embezzling more than $220,000 from the Guard's Family Program for which he had served as administrator.  According to authorities, Johnson, who had "complete control" over all aspects of the program, wrote checks to himself which he deposited into his own accounts over a period of more than four years, from August 2006 to September 2010.  He has been charged with scheme to defraud, first-degree theft and falsifying business records.  Johnson's rank has been reduced from Sergeant to Airman.

Read the story here.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Update: California Woman Pleads Guilty In $500K Embezzlement Case

Brenda Kaye Kemper, 58, of Lodi, California, pleaded guilty Friday to charges she embezzled nearly $500,000 from Big Valley Aviation Inc., a local employee owned aircraft service company where she had been employed as its sole finance officer and bookkeeper. The losses were originally thought to be as much as $1.1 million, but actual damages were determined to be $494,000 after an accounting audit was performed. She is alleged to have fraudulently used company credit cards for personal use over a seven year period. Kemper, who was arrested and indicted in January 2009, plead guilty to felony charges of grand theft and falsification of corporate books. She faces sentencing in September.

Read FraudTalk's original posts on this story here and here.

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Update (1/15/11): Kemper, now 59, was sentenced to 40 months in prison.