embezzlement

New Wireless App – Depositing Checks Using Your Cell Phone?

A recent commercial on tv highlighted a new app to be launched in the near future, perhaps as early as this summer.  The app will allow a smart phone user to take a picture of a check to be deposited, and transmit the picture to their bank.  The user will not have to physically go to the bank, nor present …

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The Embezzler – starring Charles Victor.

Flashback – London, July 1954. Henry Paulson (Charles Victor), a lead cashier in a small bank, has spent his entire life at the same bank, performing the same duties, married to the same person, performing the same daily routines – day in and day out.  Nearing his late 50s, Henry is presented with a bleak medical prognosis. Distracted by flashy travel posters, …

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Less and less surprise me these days… :-(

NUN Accused of Embezzling $850,000 From College, Then Gambling It Away in Atlantic City “A Catholic nun broke one of the Ten Commandments by embezzling $850,000 from a suburban New York City college and gambling it away in Atlantic City, according to federal prosecutors.” To read the entire story, here’s the link: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/11/nun-embezzeled-k-college-gambled-away-ac/#ixzz1GFaHx8B6

Embezzlements: More Frequent or Better Detect Rate?

I use Google alerts with the key word “embezzlement.”  Google send me emails throughout the day with links to any News stories that appear regarding embezzlement. I receive anywhere from six to twelve emails, every day, with anywhere from one to five story links within each email.  Many of the stories involve someone being arrested or charged with embezzlement, and …

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PTO, School Groups Beware: Rash of Embezzlements Amoung These Groups

In monitoring embezzlement stories received via Google Alerts each day, I have noticed a constant stream of new embezzlement cases involving schools, school groups, PTO groups within schools, and other related victims. While thefts from these groups are not unusual, the amount of stories related to these groups in the last two weeks is alarming. “LAKE OSWEGO — A woman …

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