From MLive on 11/28/14:
The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs has immediately suspended a Portage podiatrist's license based on her conviction on embezzlement charges Kalamazoo County Circuit Court.
Dr. Regina Lynne Spears, also known as Regina Lynne Spears-Everett, was convicted on July 11 of one count of embezzlement from a Vulnerable Adult — $20,000 or more, a felony and sentenced in Sept. 9, 2014, to serve nine months in jail, five years probation, and ordered to pay fines, costs and restitution totaling $169,572.18.
From January 2010 to January 2011, Spears-Everett, 51, stole more than $135,000 in cash from the life savings of Toni A. Verdries, a 91-year-old woman with dementia who Spears-Everett is believed to have first met in the 1990s at a doctor's office.
It took a jury less than two hours to find Spears-Everett guilty.
According to prosecutors and an investigation by the Portage Department of Public Safety, the doctor lavished some of the money she took on friends and family-- including an $18,000 car for a friend and $21,500 to pay a relative's outstanding debt.
She spent more than $2,500 on chocolates from a fudge company in South Carolina, authorities said.
Michigan's Public Health Code provides for the mandatory summary suspension of a health professional's license upon the conviction of a felony.
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Four Women Separately Banned From Involvement In Federally Insured Financial Institutions For Fraud & Embezzlement
From the Credit Union Times on 2/28/14:
The NCUA issued four orders on Friday prohibiting individuals from participating in the affairs of any federally insured financial institution. Violators were all banned for theft, with court-ordered restitution amounts ranging from less than $20,000 to more than $1 million.
Carol Ann Ferraro, former executive vice president of $107 million Chaffey Federal Credit Union in Upland, Calif., was sentenced to 30 months in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $1,052,790.56 in restitution for embezzlement.
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Jeannette Abbott, a former employee of the $86.8 million Malheur Federal Credit Union in Ontario, Ore., pleaded guilty to theft, embezzlement or misapplication by a credit union officer, which carried a four-month prison sentence, three years of supervised release and restitution in the amount of $93,749.40.
Justine Martin, a former employee of the $633.6 million Leominster Credit Union in Leominster, Mass., “admitted to facts sufficient for a finding of guilt to the charge of larceny over $250,” said the NCUA. She must serve five years of supervised probation and pay $17,990 in restitution.
Nancy Ann Secoda, a former employee of $407 million Vons Employees Federal Credit Union in El Monte, Calif., was convicted for grand theft and willfully acquiring personal information. Secoda pleaded no contest and was ultimately sentenced to five years in prison and required to pay $712,253.58 in restitution.
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The NCUA issued four orders on Friday prohibiting individuals from participating in the affairs of any federally insured financial institution. Violators were all banned for theft, with court-ordered restitution amounts ranging from less than $20,000 to more than $1 million.
Carol Ann Ferraro, former executive vice president of $107 million Chaffey Federal Credit Union in Upland, Calif., was sentenced to 30 months in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $1,052,790.56 in restitution for embezzlement.
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Jeannette Abbott, a former employee of the $86.8 million Malheur Federal Credit Union in Ontario, Ore., pleaded guilty to theft, embezzlement or misapplication by a credit union officer, which carried a four-month prison sentence, three years of supervised release and restitution in the amount of $93,749.40.
Justine Martin, a former employee of the $633.6 million Leominster Credit Union in Leominster, Mass., “admitted to facts sufficient for a finding of guilt to the charge of larceny over $250,” said the NCUA. She must serve five years of supervised probation and pay $17,990 in restitution.
Nancy Ann Secoda, a former employee of $407 million Vons Employees Federal Credit Union in El Monte, Calif., was convicted for grand theft and willfully acquiring personal information. Secoda pleaded no contest and was ultimately sentenced to five years in prison and required to pay $712,253.58 in restitution.
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