Fraud & Embezzlement

Ex-Dedham official admits to defrauding RI condo association to finance trips to Plainridge in Plainville (RI)

A now former Dedham town official admitted in federal court Monday to defrauding a Woonsocket condominium association out of almost…

10 months ago

Investigation at luxury Key Biscayne condo widens (FL)

Widening the scope of a criminal probe at the posh EmeraldBay condominium, the State Attorney’s Office confirmed this week it…

10 months ago

Judge rules Sammie Sias, ex-commissioner, will not get a new trial (GA)

During the trial last summer, FBI agents testified that Sias deleted 7,000 files in minutes after receiving a grand jury…

11 months ago

Gillette woman’s prison sentence commuted (WY)

The prison sentence of a Gillette woman convicted of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a homeowners association in…

11 months ago

Criminal investigation at EmeraldBay condo into reported “misappropriation of funds” (FL)

A criminal investigation is in progress at the EmeraldBay condominium in Key Colony into a misappropriation of funds, police said.…

11 months ago

Hammocks receiver sues former HOA leaders over allowing alleged $3M fraud (FL)

Less than a year after four ex-board members of the Hammocks homeowners association were charged with massive fraud, a new…

11 months ago

Woman faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to scamming HOA company, officials say (TX)

A Houston woman faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to scamming an HOA company, according to…

12 months ago

South Africa: Woman sentenced to five years in prison

According to a statement by the Directorate for Priority Crimes (Hawks) Holtzhauzen was employed as a financial administration manager at…

12 months ago

Shadow Creek Ranch manager pleads guilty to wire fraud, scamming HOA company (TX)

A 63-year-old Houston resident has pleaded guilty to wire fraud, U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani announced Friday.  Maria Denise Southall-Shaw,…

12 months ago

Serial scammer took over $60k from Virginia neighborhood, school division

“She was putting her personal account number in there, and people were paying her,” she said.  And once they began…

1 year ago