Most Prevalent American Crimes
According to FBI statistics, a violent crime is reported every 22 seconds in the United States. While violent crimes receive generous amounts of attention in the media and popular culture, property crimes are far More...
Can Being A Trump Supporter Get You Fired Or Not Hired?
With a polarized political environment unlike anything in recent memory, many Americans wonder if they can be penalized by an employer for political speech. First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech center More...
Three Ways to Improve Employee Satisfaction and Engagement
Ensuring that your employees are satisfied is absolutely crucial to the successful running of your business. At the very core of your company, employees are the ones who communicate with customers, look after a More...
Why You Should Check People Before They Start Working For You
There are many good people in this world but as we all know, there are also many who are unscrupulous and look to do bad things for personal gain. When it comes to hiring staff for your business, it is of course More...
Manuel Torres-Zapien sentenced for stealing a ‘bag of cash’ from Security National Bank, headed for ATM
Photo/Stefan Schweihofer United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Manuel Torres-Zapien, age 23, was sentenced in federal court Monday in Omaha, Nebraska, for one count of bank theft. The Honorable Laurie More...
Iowa woman, Bobbie Hora-Guill sentenced to prison for not paying taxes on money she stole
A woman who failed to pay taxes on more than $1.5 million she stole from her former employer was sentenced October 2, 2018, to 30 months in federal prison. Bobbie Hora-Guill, age 46, from Bennett, Iowa, received More...
Jossean Echevarria, Diquan Ray charged in stealing, trafficking stolen copper wire from Cook County Forest Preserve
Jossean Manuel Echevarria, 30 years old, of Hammond, Indiana, and Diquan Dashawn Ray, 23 years old, of Burnham, Illinois were charged on October 1, 2018 by criminal complaint with Interstate Transportation of Stolen More...
West Virginia: City of Wheeling worker, Teresa Hudrlik, confesses to wire fraud, cuts plea deal
Teresa D. Hudrlik, of Valley Grove, West Virginia, has admitted to committing wire fraud while employed by the City of Wheeling, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced. Hudrlik, age 48, pled guilty to one More...
Jeremy Hare confesses to stealing $400K from lending company, Apollo Search Partners
The president of a staffing company today admitted defrauding a commercial finance lending company out of more than $400,000, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jeremy Hare, 47, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty More...
Missouri: former Callaway County Collector Pam Oestreich pleads guilty to stealing $300K taxpayer funds
The former Callaway County Collector pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling nearly $300,000 from Callaway County taxpayers. “On more than 100 occasions, this public official stole directly from the More...
Alaska: Jennifer Suchan, aka Jennifer Kerr, sentenced for stealing $150K from Mustang Hockey Association
U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that a former Eagle River resident has been sentenced in federal court for embezzling approximately $150,000 from the Mustang Hockey Association. Jennifer Suchan, aka More...
Manhunt: Florida nursing assistant Dian’te Matthew stole and pawned 91-year-old’s wedding ring
A Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in Florida, working at the Arbor Terrace Assisted Living Facility, has been accused of stealing wedding rings and pawning them off, including one from a 91-year-old woman. Dian’te More...
Accountant Admits to Stealing $3 Million from Cargill Inc
New York accountant Diane Backis admitted on Monday to stealing at least $3.1 million from Cargill Inc., an agribusiness. Backis’ actions led to $25 million in losses to the company’s Port of Albany grain shipping More...
The Same Scams Target Vulnerable Older People in 2015
On a regular basis, we read about companies and individuals charged with investment fraud and Ponzi-like schemes. Recent ones include Atlanta-based Gray Financial Group, Inc. for putting pension plans in an investment More...
Employee Theft: 5 Areas that You Will Need to Tighten Up Your Security
If you own a business, one of the most unpleasant problems you will have to deal with is that of theft, particularly by your employees. For very small businesses this may not seem very important, but, as study quoted More...
