Former Head Of Wisconsin Little League Organization Accused Of Embezzling $200K

From Madison.com on 3/4/14:

The former president of a Little League organization in Madison is facing charges for allegedly embezzling $200,000 of the league's funds.

Stephen Verhage, 59, of Madison, is facing multiple felony counts of theft and fraudulent writings, Madison police said in a news release.

Verhage was president of the Kennedy Little League, 5801 Commercial Ave., which has 60 baseball teams and about 650 players.

"In November of 2012, police got a complaint regarding the embezzlement of funds," said police spokesman Joel DeSpain. "Information provided to the case detective indicated the fraudulent activity dated back to at least 2005."

The investigation into the complaint just wrapped up, with police determining about $200,000 had been taken from the organization, allegedly by Verhage.
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Wisconsin Woman Sentenced For Embezzling Nearly $222K

From HaywardWI.com on 5/29/13:

At a May 29 hearing in Sawyer County Court, Town of Lenroot resident Charlene Murdock, 66, was sentenced to eight years of probation including six months in jail and was ordered to pay $221,951 restitution after being convicted of embezzlement from her former employer.

 

Earlier this year, Murdock pleaded no contest and was found guilty of five felony counts of theft of more than $10,000 in a business setting from her former employer, Bender Machine Works, and five felony counts of falsifying corporate records with intent to defraud as a corporate officer in 2006 and 2008.

 

Under the plea agreement between the district attorney’s office and defense, 10 other counts of felony theft over $10,000 in a business setting and 10 counts of fraudulent writings as a corporate officer from 2008-2011 were dismissed and read in for sentencing purposes.

 

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Murdock had worked as a bookkeeper for Bender Machine Works for more than 40 years until she was terminated in September 2011. The town of Hayward company manufactures equipment for the dairy farm industry.

 

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Wisconsin Woman Charged With Embezzling $470K From Blood Center

Tina M. Jacobsen, 49, of Neenah, Wisconsin, has been charged with embezzling at least $470,000 from the Community Blood Center in Grand Chute, WI, where she had been employed as an account specialist. According to authorities, Jacobsen wrote checks to herself from the non-profit's coffers instead of paying vendors and received fraudulent expense reimbursements over a period of more than 5 years, from January 2006 until April 2011. Jacobsen reportedly spent at least $300,000 at local casinos during this period and her home is now in foreclosure. Jacobsen has been charged with five felony theft charges, two misdemeanor theft charges and one count of fraudulent writings.

Read the story here and here.

Update (6/8/11): Jacobsen has been prohibited from leaving the state or gambling by the Outagamie County Court.

Update (11/8/11): Jacobsen, now 50, has pleaded no contest to three felony counts of theft.

Update (1/30/12): Jacobsen has been sentenced 5 years in prison followed by 13 years of supervised release.  She has also been ordered to pay $537,000 in restitution.

Wisconsin Man Charged With Embezzling Nearly $1 Million

Gary R. Deml, 62, of Lacrosse, Wisconsin, has been charged with embezzling $959,000 from Bernie Buchner Inc., where he had been employed as the company's office manager and sole bookkeeper. Prosecutors allege that over a span of ten years, from 2000 until earlier this year, Deml forged checks from the company and kept the proceeds. Deml's business, All Season Refrigeration Inc., was purchased by Bernie Buchner Inc. in 2000.

Read the story here, here and here.

Update (5/18/11): Deml, now 63, was sentenced to 2 years in jail. He had pleaded guilty to three felony counts embezzlement, forgery, and fraudulent writings.