Michigan Man Pleads Guilty To Embezzling As Much As $120K From Illiinois School System

From WSIL TV Channel 3 on 1/30/14:

A former Williamson County school official has admitted to stealing. Thursday morning, Todd Frazier pled guilty to embezzlement and theft. 

Frazier, 31, was fired from his job as Carterville school district treasurer two years ago after funds turned up missing. 

He was indicted on more than a dozen charges last May, but Thursday, he only admitted to one. Frazier and the judge agreed, he abused his position of trust when handling the Carterville School District's money.

 

Frazier walked out of the federal courthouse in Benton with a smile on his face. When asked if he would like to say anything on camera, he replied, "No comment, thank you."

 

School leaders fired Frazier in February 2012 after an audit revealed missing funds. He was indicted on 16 counts and first pled not guilty to embezzlement, theft, forgery, wire fraud, lying to the FBI, and attempting to access computer files at the Bank of Herrin.

    

Thursday morning, he pled guilty to one count of embezzlement and theft. "It was just a guilty plea. He pleaded guilty straight up," said his attorney John Stobbs.

 

Frazier admitted to pocketing between $70,000 and $120,000 in the fiscal year ending in June of 2010.   

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Former Pennsylvania Paralegal Who Faked Kidnapping, Sentenced For Embezzling More Than $1 Million

Bonnie Sweeten, 40, of Feasterville, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for embezzling more than $1 million, including  $640,000 from an unnamed Bucks County-based law firm where she had been employed.  Sweeten faked her own kidnapping in 2009, ultimately turning up in Disney World with her daughter.  Sweeten also allegedly claimed she had a law degree.  Sweeten was originally charged in May 2010 with wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, misuse of a passport, lying to federal official and money laundering.  The embezzlement reportedly occurred over a period of at least 4 years, from 2005 and 2009.  Sweeten reportedly spent the ill-gotten gains on clothing, jewelry, tanning salons, gym usage, electronics and mortgage payments. 

Read the story here, here, here and here.