WATERLOO IA December 19 2021 — A former armored car employee has been arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from his employer. Authorities allege Jeremy Keith Aschbrenner, 34, of Evansdale, took $35,000 from Rochester Armored Car’s Waterloo location in October and November. Court records allege he took the cash while he was filling an ATM […]
Boulevard, CA October 28 2021 A former chief of the Manzanita Tribal Police Department pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $300,000 from the Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation as part of a scheme to sell police department membership to dozens of unqualified individuals. Anthony Reyes Vazquez, 49, of Camarillo, served as the department’s […]
ST PAUL, Minn. October 21 2021– A St. Louis County woman was sentenced today to eight months in prison followed by one year of supervised release and full restitution for embezzling more than $300,000 in Tribal funds. “Ms. Boutto took advantage of the managerial position she had been trusted with and selfishly stole hundreds of thousands […]
Mobile AL October 18 2021 A 64-year-old grandmother in Alabama will spend time in prison after prosecutors said she embezzled more than half a million dollars from the medical practices where she worked over the course of a decade. Betty Fables Harrison was the longtime business manager and administrator at two practices in Mobile, Alabama, […]
HOUSTON, Texas October 7 2021 Law enforcement is looking to arrest one of their own who is accused of stealing money out of an administrator’s desk at Memorial High School. Tommy Glen Gray, 61, was just charged with theft in Harris County following allegations made in December 2019. Assistant district attorney in the public corruption division, […]
MOBILE, Ala. Sept 22 2021 An inside job pulled off by a Brink’s armored truck driver will cost him two years of freedom, a federal judge decided Monday. Senior U.S. District Judge William Steele sentenced Jonah Tomoni Dewayan Bessard to two years in prison and recommended that he participate in a substance abuse program. The defendant will […]
San Quentin CA Sept 10 2021 A prison guard and two others have been charged with a scheme to smuggle contraband cell phones into California’s death row, authorities said Wednesday. Keith Christopher, a 37-year-old corrections officer at San Quentin State Prison, is charged with conspiracy to commit honest services fraud using interstate wires, the U.S. […]
FRESNO, Calif. Aug 30 2021 Officials at the Consulate of Mexico are now confirming to Action News employees have been fired for wrongfully charging people for highly sought-after appointments at the Fresno office. The scheme involved the security guard and two workers taking money from people for simply being allowed entry into the building. Mexican Consulate […]
GREENBELT MD Aug 4 2021 A Prince George’s County man admitted Tuesday to using stolen information of coworkers and job applicants to open fraudulent bank and credit accounts. A former security guard, prosecutors said he continued his scheme even after he was indicted. Ricardo Carter of Camp Springs pleaded guilty in a Greenbelt federal court to […]
PITTSBURGH P July 2 2021 The now-former general manager of a security company that is used by Highmark is being accused of defrauding Highmark. According to court records, Derek Dowiak of Indiana was the general manager of Allied Universal Security, the company that provides security to Highmark, allegedly defrauded Highmark for more than $50,000. Dowiak allegedly […]