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Electronic Scheme
Mr. Bahram Khosropanah worked for a Richmond-based company operating convenience stores across the country.
Mr. Khosropanah was responsible for purchasing computers and other electronics for the company. In an alleged fraud scheme, Mr. Khosropanah made unauthorized modifications to the invoices before submitting them to his accounting department for approval.
The modifications allowed...
Fraudulent Transfers
Ms. Becky Louise Sutton allegedly embezzled funds from 2009 to 2018 while working on bankruptcy cases for a local law firm.
Ms. Sutton allegedly initiated fraudulent transfers of bankruptcy funds from fiduciary bank accounts to bank accounts Ms. Sutton controlled, including her personal bank account, credit card account, student loan account, and mortgage...
Banker’s Hours
Ms. Sylvia Ochoa was the manager of a Bank of America branch in downtown Fresno.
Allegedly during 2013, Ms. Ochoa often entered the bank vault after other employees left for the day and removed cash without authorization. Ms. Ochoa used the money to purchase items for herself and her boyfriend, including designer handbags...
Bad Investment
Theft may not always be clear to spot or to mitigate.
Often, when embezzlement takes place over a period of time, fraudsters will develop ways to conceal schemes. This can be through a myriad of methods.
For example, Mr. Paul Schnitzer who pleaded guilty to wire fraud, allegedly misappropriated monies from his...
Attorney Account Privileges
Ms. Catherine Corrine Daly was charged with embezzlement after allegedly misappropriating monies as the office manager at the law firm Reagan Fondren.
As office manager, Ms. Daly had access to the firm’s operating account so she could pay the firm’s operating expenses. Ms. Daly had two American Express accounts with Ms. Daly and two...
Suspicious Sundays
Churches are not typically the place you’d think to find cases of embezzlement. However, fraud occurs everywhere and in many different forms.
This is the case for Ms. Chanell Easton, who allegedly embezzled monies while employed with a church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Ms. Easton worked as the church administrator at the...
Shell Companies
Mr. Euan David MacGregor, formerly known as David Joseph Bean is alleged to have diverted funds intended for his former employer to Mr. MacGregor’s own personal bank accounts totaling more than $3.2 million.
Between November 2014 and January 2020, Mr. Euan MacGregor was known as David Bean and held the position of Chief...
Public Knowledge
Public officials hold a high level of power and must exercise responsibility while remaining impartial against influence.
Mr. Samuel Randazzo was the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio chairman from April 2019 to November 2020, when he resigned. It is alleged Mr. Randazzo received bribe money from energy companies for favorable official actions. The money...
Office Embezzlement
Fraud can be perpetrated by individuals at various levels of a company’s hierarchy – from those in management of board positions to administrative assistants. Such was the case for a family-owned company in South Lake Tahoe.
Over the course of almost four years, a construction company was unknowingly the victim of embezzlement allegedly...
Direct Deposit
Mr. Adil Rahman worked as a credit analyst for a subsidiary of a large electrical distribution and services company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Part of Mr. Rahman’s job description involved contacting customers to collect outstanding invoices for the company’s services.
Between November 2022 and December 2023, Mr. Rahman allegedly sent an email...


