Tag: Embezzlement
James Burke, Embezzlement, West Virginia 2026
⏱ 2 min read James Burke, a 56-year-old Kentucky man, has been sentenced to prison for embezzling over $40,000 from a labor union in Huntington, West Virginia. Burke, who served as the financial secretary of the union, issued unauthorized checks and diverted dues for his personal use between July 2022 and October 2023. The embezzlement…
Debra Ann Vaughn, Bank Fraud, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Debra Ann Vaughn, a 67-year-old woman from Springville, Iowa, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for stealing over $500,000 from her employer, a veteran-owned small business in Cedar Rapids. Vaughn, who worked as the company’s bookkeeper, carried out the sophisticated embezzlement scheme between 2013 and 2021. She created…
Holly Mikkelsen, Embezzlement, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read Holly Mikkelsen, the former treasurer of the Summit Pointe Elementary School Parent Teacher Association in Kansas City, Missouri, has pleaded guilty to embezzling over $100,000 from the organization. The embezzlement occurred between August 17, 2020, and July 23, 2025, while Mikkelsen was serving as treasurer. She made unauthorized withdrawals, wrote fraudulent…
Gwendolyn Brandon, Embezzlement, Georgia 2023
⏱ 2 min read Gwendolyn Brandon, a 43-year-old former supervisor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty to stealing more than $190,000 of agency funds between August 2023 and February 2025. Brandon created fake invoices that appeared to be from vendors, triggering payments to an account she controlled.…
Parker Lee Gray Hawk, Wire Fraud, Montana 2025
⏱ 2 min read Parker Lee Gray Hawk, a 36-year-old bookkeeper from Poplar, Montana, has been sentenced for embezzling approximately $166,156.47 from Fort Peck Manufacturing, Inc. between 2021 and 2023. Gray Hawk pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in December 2025. The embezzlement was discovered in late 2023 when the company’s bank account…
Linda Natelle Brown, Embezzlement, Virginia 2019
⏱ 2 min read Linda Natelle Brown, a 43-year-old Texas woman, was the administrator of the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign (CVC), a charity program for Virginia state employees. From 2017 to 2023, Brown was supposed to steward donations from over 120,000 state government employees, but instead, she embezzled more than $1.5 million. The theft occurred…
Tiara McGill-Rushing, Embezzlement, Missouri 2024
⏱ 2 min read Tiara McGill-Rushing, a 34-year-old former US Postal Service employee from Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to embezzling at least 70 individual letters containing gift cards on March 22, 2024. McGill-Rushing, who worked for the USPS, used her position to steal the mail with the intent to convert the gift cards to…
Frank Musoke, Embezzlement, California 2021
⏱ 2 min read A former account manager at a Beverly Hills business management firm, Frank Musoke, 38, is charged with embezzling over $2 million from a celebrity client. The crime occurred between December 2019 and June 2023, when Musoke was working at the firm, managing the financial affairs of high-net-worth celebrities. The victim, a…
Joe Scott Jr., Embezzlement, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 55-year-old Leominster man has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar, literally. Joe Scott Jr. used his position as Treasurer of the International Union of Electrical Workers, Communication Workers of America, Local 81154 to embezzle $49,559 from the labor union chapter based in Gardner, Mass. The victims are…
Jamal Nathan Dawood, Embezzlement, California 2025
⏱ 2 min read A brazen Burbank scammer was slapped with a 10-year prison sentence for ripping off an elderly victim of $1.8 million. Jamal Nathan Dawood, 55, convinced the victim to let him manage her late brother’s estate, and then looted the funds for his own gain. Dawood, aka ‘Jimmy Dawood,’ used the cash…
