Fraud Talk

FraudTalk is a blog focused on the review and discussion of recent significant cases of fraud, corruption and employee misconduct - particularly major embezzlement cases in the US. Fraud Talk is published by Chris Marquet, Chairman & CEO of Marquet International Ltd., an international investigations, litigation support and due diligence firm.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Judge Rejects Plea Agreement For City Councilman In $304K Embezzlment Case

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Judge rejects embezzlement deal for former Glendale councilman ( Los Angeles Times) A judge on Friday rejected a plea deal reached b...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Another One For The Resume Liar's Club: Elizabeth O'Bagy

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“The Institute for the Study of War has learned and confirmed that, contrary to her representations, Ms. Elizabeth O’Bagy does not in fac...
Friday, August 9, 2013

Utah Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $145K; Former CFO May Have Stolen As Much As $1 Million

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From The Salt Lake Tribune : Pool Cover Specialists — you can guess what this West Jordan company makes — set a sales record last year. B...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Former Illinois Media Exec Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $264K

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From the Chicago Tribune on 6/13/13: A former Tribune Co . executive pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to mail fraud, admitting s...

Former General Manager Of Illinois Company Charged With Embezzling More Than $2 Million

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From the Chicago Tribune : A longtime former general manager of a west suburban chemical company has been charged with embezzling more tha...
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Florida Woman Sentenced For Embezzling Nearly $7 Million From Health Concern

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From the Miami Herald on 6.12.13: The community knew Kathryn Abbate as the leader of a Miami Beach-based clinic that provides vital heal...
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California Woman Sentenced For Embezzling Some $1.2 Million From Farming Concern

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From the Fresno Bee on 6/12/13: A 53-year-old Corcoran woman was sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in state prison Tuesday after she was c...

Former Virginia Restauranteur Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Some $200K From 2 Bookkeeping Clients

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From the Daily Progress on 6.11.13: About three years after abruptly closing his Belmont eatery and fleeing the Charlottesville area, fo...

Kansas Woman Sentenced For Not Paying Taxes On Nearly $2 Million In Funds She Embezzled

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From the US DOJ : ... Teresa Joyce Moore, 65, Kansas City, Mo., was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. She pleaded guilty to one...
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Tennessee Man Charged With Embezzling Nearly $100K From Equipment Company

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From the Kingsport Times-News on 6/10/13:  Kingsport man contracted to sell Snap-On equipment has been arrested after allegedly failing ...

Former Travel Agency Owner In Wisconsin Sentenced For Embezzling $270K In Customer Funds

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From the Fond du Lac Reporter on 7/29/13: Victims that had their dream vacations wrested away from them by the former owner of Carol’s To...

Former University Employee Charged With Embezzling $367,901 Over 6 Year Period

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From the Wall Street Journal on 6/8/13: A grand jury has indicted a former Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute employee on charges she sto...

Texas Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $772K

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From the Terrell Tribune on 6/9/13: A Kaufman woman is facing prison time after pleading guilty on Wednesday in connection with embezzlin...

Wisconsin Woman Accused Of Embezzling $500K

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From WSAW: An Athens woman is suspected of stealing more than $500,000 from a Wausau business where she worked for nearly 20 years. Pol...

Alaska Man Sentenced For Role In $500K Embezzlement Scheme From Seafood Company

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From the Seattle Times on 6/7/13: A Kodiak man will serve 28 months in a federal prison for taking part in a scheme to embezzle nearly $50...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Recent Trends In Employee Theft

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The following article I wrote was published in KYC360 - The Online AML Community : As the economy continues to bump along five years afte...
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Chris Marquet
Chris Marquet is Senior Partner with Veritas Assurance Partners, an international investigations, litigation support, and risk mitigation firm. Chris has nearly 40 years of professional experience in industry with Marquet International and prior stints with Kroll Associates, Citigate Global Intelligence and Decision Strategies/Vance International. Chris is the author of many articles and white papers, including the annual Marquet Report on Embezzlement as well as the Marquet Report on Ponzi Schemes. He has lectured extensively on subjects relating to employee misconduct; due diligence; business intelligence, internal investigations, fraud, employee integrity, workplace violence, kidnapping, terrorism, crisis management and travel security. Chris is a Certified Board Advisor and Board Member for the Center for Strategic Business Integrity. He received an A.B. degree from Dartmouth College in 1983, with a triple major in Physics, Economics, and Philosophy. He can be reached at cmarquet@veritasap.com
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