Arizona Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $425K From Restaurant

Amy Paulette Montano, 40, of Tucson, Arizona, has pleaded guilty to charges she embezzled some $425,000 from Miller Administration, which owns Eegee's restaurant, where she had been employed as an account manager.  According to authorities, Montano admitted she wrote herself checks from company coffers over a period of more than three years in addition to her salary.  She plead guilty to state charges of illegal control of an enterprise and theft.  Montano is due to be sentenced on January 9, 2012. 

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Colorado Woman Accused Of Embezzling $226K

Lisa Dawn Mack, 42, formerly of Garfield County, Colorado and recently of Wolfforth, Texas, has been arrested and charged with embezzling a total of $226,000 from the Valley View Hospital where she had been employed as a bookkeeper and one of its employees.  According to authorities, over a two year period from 2009 to 2011, Mack obtained fraudulent reimbursements from the Hospital, some funnelled through another employee, her daughter-in-law, Donna Michelle Sandel, 25, from whom she also allegedly stole money.  Mack reportedly has a prior arrest for theft in Texas in 1995 and has used a variety of aliases, including, Lisa Dawn Stabeno, Lisa Dawn Crow, Lisa Dawn Forrest, Lisa Stanford Forrest, Lisa Stambeno and Lisa Dawn Stanford.

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Update (6/26/12): Mack, now 43, has pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of felony theft in an embezzlement. 

Utah Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $152K From Bank

Carrie Lyn Zenger, 45, of Clearfield, Utah, has pleaded guilty to charges she embezzled about $152,000 from the Intermountain Credit Union where she had been employed.  According to prosecutors, Zenger simply took cash from the bank's vault over a period of nearly 2 years, from January 2007 until October 2008.  Zenger reportedly has a history of personal financial problems, including two bankruptcies in her past.

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Former President Of Florida Condo Association Accused Of Embezzling More Than $1 Million

The former president of the Sabal Springs Golf and Raquet Club homeowners association has been accused of embezzling more than $1 million over the course of three years.  The unnamed perpetrator allegedly wrote checks or transferred funds from association coffers to himself or for his own benefit.

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Colorado Man Guilty Of Embezzling $195K From California Construction Company

Thomas Tanke, 67, formerly of El Dorado Hills, California and currently of Monument, Colorado, has been found guilty of embezzling about $195,000 from Azteca Construction Inc., where he had been employed as Vice President of East Coast Operations.  A federal jury found Tanke guilty on two counts of mail fraud and five counts of bank fraud after a 5 day trial.  According to prosecutors, in 2004 when the company and an affiliate were in the process of winding down operations and selling off equipment, Tanke keep receipts and deposited them into his own accounts.  He also use company checks to pay for personal expenses and personal credits, such as his auto loan.  He is due to be sentenced on March 2, 2012. 

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Update (7/6/12): Tanke, now 68, was sentenced to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $243,403 in restitution. 

Connecticut Woman Sentenced For Embezzling More Than $1 Million From Mark Twain House

Donna M. Gregor, 54, of East Hartford, Connecticut, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for embezzling more than $1 million from the Mark Twain House and Museum where she had been employed as controller.  According to authorities, over a period of 8 years, from 2002 to 2010, Gregor siphoned funds from the non-profit by forging checks for her own benefit, among other things.  Gregor's defense sought leniency since they claimed that Gregor suffered from a condition called "pathological altruism," an irrational compulsion to help others while ignoring the consequences of her behavior.  The judge did not buy that argument.  Gregor was also ordered to pay $1.08 million in restitution, plus $323,480 to the IRS for back taxes, penalties and interest on the stolen money.  Gregor had worked for the Mark Twian House for many years.

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Indiana Woman Sentenced For Embezzling More Than $250K From Church

Phyllis Jones, 68, of Petersburg, Indiana, has been sentenced to three years in jail for embezzling more than $250,000 from the Gospel Center Church where she had served as treasurer.  According to authorities, over the course of more than 7 years, from January 2003 to April 2010, Jones issued herself numerous checks from church coffers for her own benefit.  Jones was originally arrested in October 2010 and charged with the theft of $257,000. 

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Iowa Woman Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $480K

Stacey Lynne Gross, 38, of Adel, Iowa, pleaded guilty to charges she embezzled at least $480,000 from Data Business Equipment, Inc., where she had been employed as a bookkeeper/office manager in charge of vendor payments.  According to authorities, over a period of about 4 years, from 2007 to 2011, Gross wrote at least 190 unauthorized checks from company coffers for her own benefit.  The checks went to pay for Gross' personal credit card, mortgage and to pay for furniture, jewelry and other personal expenses.  Gross also admitted to making false entries in the company’s books to conceal her embezzlement by entering the name of a real vendor as “payee” in the ledger.  Gross pleaded guilty to felony mail fraud and tax fraud charges and is scheduled to be sentenced on February 17, 2012.  As part of her plea agreement, Gross must also make restitution to Data Business Equipment, Inc.

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Hat tip: FraudTalk reader Joe.

Update (2/17/12): Gross was sentenced to 20 months in prison for embezzling what is now believed to be at least $518,000.   She was also ordered to pay full restitution. 

Former Indiana State Trooper Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Nearly $100K

Dallard R. Tackett, 60, of Nappanee, Indiana, a former Indiana State Trooper, has pleaded guilty to charges he embezzled more than $90,000 from state coffers.  According to authorities, Tackett, a former lieutenant with the Indiana State Police who oversaw toll collections, siphoned toll receipts transferring them into his own accounts over a period of about 3 years.  Specifically, Tackett plead guilty to 17 fraud counts and is due to be sentenced in January 2012.  Tackett had been a 31 year veteran of the Indiana State Police.

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Ohio Man Pleads Guilty To Embezzling $2.3 Million From 2 Companies

Shaun Allen Clark, age 33, of Newark, Ohio, has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $2.3 million from The Scotts Company and Ohio Bridge Corporation, aka US Bridge, where he had been employed as controller.   According to authorities, in early 2008, Clark wrote two unauthorized checks to himself totalling $24,450 from The Scotts Company after which time he began to work for US Bridge.  Prosecutors alleged that from April 2008 to September 2009, Clark embezzled another $2,310,006 from US Bridge by issuing unauthorized electronic funds transfers to his own accounts. Clark also is reported to owe $336,028 in back taxes to the IRS on the ill-gotten gains.   According to media reports, Clark has a prior conviction for embezzling some $40,000 from Huntington National Bank in the late 1990s where he had been employed as a bank teller.

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Montana Woman Charged With Embezzling $171K From Hospice

Sandra Lea Morrison, 43, of Missoula, Montana, has been charged with embezzling $171,000 from the Hospice of Missoula, where she had been employed as a bookkeeper.  According to authorities, over more than a three year period, from July 26, 2007 until April 22, 2011, Morrison transferred funds to her own accounts from the hospice accounts and otherwise misappropriated funds from the non-profit.  She is also alleged to have issued herself additional paychecks and made fraudulent reimbursements to herself.  Morrison has been charged with three felony counts of Theft of Property by Embezzlement and one felony count of Theft by Embezzlement.

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Pennsylvania Woman Sentenced For Embezzling $450K From Bank

Danielle M. Keane, 38, of Greenfield, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for embezzling $450,037 from Bank of New York Mellon where she had been employed as a data entry clerk.  According to authorities, over a period of about three years, from 2007 to 2010, Keane executed at least 239 fraudulent transactions, siphoning funds from bank client retirement accounts with checks or electronic transfers.  Prosecutors contended that Keane stole the money in part to support a drug habit.  She has also been ordered to pay restitution.

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Kentucky Woman Charged With Embezzling More Than $200K From Charity

Kathy Montfort

Mary "Kathy" Montfort, 53, of Louisville, Kentucky, has been charged with embezzling at least $200,000 from the Little Sisters of the Poor charity where she had served as bookkeeper.  According to authorities, the thefts date back to at least 2007 when Montfort allegedly began forging checks payable to herself or her creditors or otherwise for her and her family's own benefit and continued until the beginning of this month.  She is accused of writing some 43 fraudulent checks in just the past year and a half totalling $200,294.84.  The full extent of Montfort's fraud is not yet determined. 

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Update (4/2/12): Montfort, now 54, has pleaded guilty to embezzling what is now known to be $364,135  from the Little Sisters of the Poor charity by writing checks to herself or otherwise for her own benefit.

Update (9/5/12): Montfort has been sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay full restitution.

Texas Woman Charged With Embezzling As Much As $200K

Angela M. Blackwood Smith, 33, of Paradise, Texas, has been charged with embezzling as much as $200,000 from Cobb Rental and Equipment where she had been employed as office manager.  According to authorities, over a period of about 3 years, from 2008 until June 2011, Smith used company credit cards and bank accounts to pay her own bills. 

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Illinois Woman Sentenced For Embezzling $271K From Eyecare Center

Tami I. Loy, 51, of Sullivan, Illinois, has been sentenced to 38 months in prison for embezzling more than $271,000 from Mattoon Eye Center where she had been employed as office manager.  According to authorities, over a period of at least 5 years from 2002 to 2007, Loy siphoned funds from the company's employee profit-sharing plan.  She was accused of creating phony accounts and falsifying bank statements and profit-sharing statements.  Loy has also been ordered to pay $271,994 in restitution as well as more than $62,000 in back federal taxes on the ill-gotten gains.  Loy is scheduled to be sentenced on December 14, 2011. 

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