All articles tagged with #embezzlement
Peter Murrell, estranged husband of former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, admitted to embezzling about $540,000 from the party's funds at Edinburgh High Court, a high-profile case within Scottish and UK politics.
A former Scottish National Party chief pleaded guilty to embezzling about $540,000 from party funds, in a high-profile case that could have significant implications for the party as sentencing approaches.
Two Hermès Birkin bags seized from jailed Vietnamese businesswoman Truong My Lan were sold at a Ho Chi Minh City government auction for over $535,000 — including a $440,144 bag and a $94,858 bag — as part of asset seizures to help recover more than $27 billion in losses from her embezzlement of Saigon Commercial Bank.
Former Atlanta Hawks finance executive Lester T. Jones Jr. was sentenced to three years and five months in federal prison after embezzling about $3.7 million through fraudulent expense reimbursements and personal charges on the team's corporate credit cards to fund luxury travel, jewelry, designer clothing, watches, and concert tickets.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez faces renewed scrutiny as his wife, Begoña Gómez, is charged with embezzlement, influence peddling, corruption in business dealings and misappropriation after a two-year probe into her securing a university post at Complutense; a court will decide whether she stands trial, while Gómez and Sánchez say the accusations are politically motivated.
California bishop Emanuel Shaleta of Saint Peter’s Chaldean in San Diego is charged with embezzlement, money laundering and an aggravated white-collar-crime enhancement for allegedly siphoning church funds. Prosecutors say the scheme involved cash rent payments over $30,000 per month, with about $272,000 unaccounted and more than $420,000 reportedly misappropriated (potentially up to $1 million). He was arrested at San Diego International Airport while attempting to flee to Germany; bail is $125,000 and he faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. The Vatican has accepted his resignation; The Pillar reported alleged visits to a Tijuana brothel, which his attorney says were planned and funds were for the needy.
Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of the Chaldean Catholic bishop of San Diego after he was arrested on embezzlement and money laundering charges linked to about $270,000 from a California parish.
A sitting Michigan judge, Andrea Bradley-Baskin of the 36th District Court, and three Detroit-area residents were indicted on conspiracy to commit wire fraud and related charges for allegedly siphoning hundreds of thousands from wards’ estates through Guardian and Associates and related entities. Alleged schemes included using about $70,000 to buy a stake in a bar, diverting roughly $203,000 from a ward’s settlement, and a two-year lease on a Ford Expedition for the judge, with money laundering counts and a false-statement charge also tied to Bradley-Baskin. FBI and U.S. Attorney officials described the case as fiduciary abuse of vulnerable individuals in probate matters.
Ho Chi Minh City authorities are auctioning Truong My Lan’s assets — including two crocodile-skin Hermès Birkin bags and a luxury yacht — to help cover about $27 billion in reparations from a bank-fraud case tied to Saigon Commercial Bank; she was sentenced to death in 2024, later commuted to life in prison as Vietnam abolished the death penalty for some crimes, and authorities have seized hundreds of assets to compensate victims.
Robert Jeffery Burns, 54, of Hendersonville, is charged with two felonies for embezzling $3,412.50 from Queen Bail Bonds and converting over $400 of Palmetto Surety Corporation bonds for his own use, with the alleged offenses occurring in February of last year. He was arrested Jan. 3 on a $4,000 secured bond. The investigation is being conducted by the North Carolina Department of Insurance Criminal Investigations Division, and the arrest was announced by Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey.
Marine Le Pen opened a fresh appeal trial over the embezzlement of European Parliament funds, a case that will determine whether she can run in the 2027 presidential election. After a 2024 conviction that included a five-year ban and a four-year prison sentence (two suspended) plus a €100,000 fine for siphoning about €4.8 million to pay French party workers, a verdict is due by summer; the outcome could keep her off the ballot or clear a path for Jordan Bardella if she is barred. The five-year ban began in March 2025, and a reduced one- or two-year ban on appeal could end by March 2027, potentially permitting a 2027 run.
Marine Le Pen began an appeal to overturn a 2025 embezzlement conviction that bans her from elected office for five years, a ruling that could determine whether she can run in the next French presidential election. If the ban is lifted, she remains the frontrunner for the far-right; if upheld, her protégé Jordan Bardella is poised to carry the banner for the National Rally.
A former financial controller at a Metro Detroit moving company is charged with misappropriating over $215,000 through unauthorized debit cards and fake expenses, depositing the stolen funds into her personal accounts, leading to a federal wire fraud charge.
David Ozer, a once-respected Hollywood producer, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for embezzling over $200,000 from a TV show and engaging in multiple schemes to defraud colleagues and investors, revealing a pattern of deception and financial misconduct that ultimately led to his downfall.
A New Hampshire woman, Emily Long, who murdered her husband and two children before taking her own life, was under investigation for embezzling approximately $660,000 from her employer, Wing-Itz. The case remains open but suspended as authorities continue to explore potential motives behind the tragic event.