Texas Woman Sentenced From Embezzling $175K From Bank

Priscilla Delarosa, 32, of Lamesa, Texas, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for embezzling more than $175,000 from Compass Bank where she had been employed.  According to authorities, Delarosa abused a bank client's debit card for her own benefit.  Delarosa was originally indicted in October 2011 and charged with additional counts of fraud with use of an access device and with making false statements to investigators.  The fraud spanned an unspecified period of time.


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Former Bank Officer In Nevada Pleads Guilty To Embezzling More Than $2 Million

Melvin Rohs, 64, of Nevada City, Nevada, pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of embezzlement by a bank employee and two counts of making a false statement in connection with a loan application. According to reports, Rohs misappropriated a total of $2,172,109.80 from Citizens Bank, where he had been employed as a senior loan officer. In September 2008, Rohs allegedly began embezzling from customer accounts and misappropriated funds from phony loans. He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 1, 2011.

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Update (5/25/11): Rohs, now 65, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $533,976 in restitution.

Florida Businessman Pleads Guilty In Bribery Case

Lance Young, a Jacksonville, Florida businessman, pleaded guilty to bribery charges and agreed to testify against former Jacksonville Port Authority Vice Chairman Tony Nelson, 51, to whom he paid bribes in exchange for contracts. Young admitted that he agreed to pay Nelson an annual bribe of $102,000 to Nelson who then steered some $2.5 million in dredging contracts to Young's company, Subaqueous Services Inc. Nelson was indicted last January on 44 felony counts, including conspiracy, money laundering, mail fraud, bribery and making a false statement to the FBI.

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Trial For Former South Carolina Mayor & Wife Commences In $243K Embezzlement Case

Alan "Lenneau" Berry, 58, and his wife, Sheila Berry, of Latta, South Carolina, are on trial in federal court on 62 counts of embezzlement of Social Security funds. Lenneau Berry, the former mayor of Latta, previously plead guilty to state charges of one count of common law misconduct in office, four counts of obstruction of justice and one count of making a false statement. The two are accused of embezzling $243,000 from Social Security between 2000 and 2008. Harold J. Kornblut, 56, a local CPA, originally indicted in the case, testified that Lenneau Berry had him issue his paychecks to Sheila Berry since he was receiving disability payments.

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