Embezzlement has become more common in the last few years. No one knows for sure whether the problem has increased due to the bad economy, less ethical behavior among employees or other attitudes toward the government or businesses in general. Charleston, South Carolina is no exception to the rising number of fraud cases. Every year more cases are being discovered and exposed to the public. One such case is the embezzlement of cash from a county owned garage. The embezzlement case of Martina Moultrie Richardson will be discussed as well as types of evidence desired in this case, methods/procedures for gathering the evidence and procedures for cataloging and maintaining the evidence. The facts of the case Martina Moultrie Richardson was charged of embezzling over $2,000 from the county while working at a downtown parking garage. She was an attendant at the Queen Street and Cumberland Street garages prior to being incarcerated. According to the incident report, she would accept the customer’s cash, void the ticket as handicapped and pocket the cash. The arrest warrant stated that Martina is 42 years old and lives in North Charleston. The report also stated the following information, the embezzlement occurred from April 1 to August 10, 2011 (Post and Courier, 2011). Live 5 News expanded on the article to add the following information about the warrant. 1. She was embezzling while acting in her official capacity as an employee of Charleston County. 2. The Charleston County parking garage system manager told authorities that Richardson had an unusually large amount of manual transactions which were far more than the other cashiers. 3. An incident report states that the manager examined Richardson's printouts back to April and s... ... middle of paper ... ...ation of the videos, the prosecutor or testifier should explain that this money was not included in the cash deposits and each incident represents theft of cash proceeds. Testimony should conclude: that based on ticket voids and when compared with the security tapes that approximately $2014 was stolen. Works Cited Cornell University Law School, Legal Information Institute. . (2012). Entire Web Site. Retrieved from http://www.law.cornell.edu. Hopwood, W. , Leiner, J. & Young, G. (2010). Forensic Accounting. New York: McGraw-Hill. Post and Courier. (2011, August 13). Garage worker accused of stealing $2,014. Retrieved from http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/aug/13/garage-worker-accused-stealing-2014/ WCIV. (2011). Live Five News, Charleston Co. parking attendant accused of stealing $2,000. Retrieved from http://www.live5news.com/story/15259579/attendant.
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Rita Crundwell was the trusted comptroller and treasurer of Dixon, Illinois with a passion for horses. She took advantage of her trust and responsibility to commit the largest known municipal fraud in the history of the United States. This fraudster has surprised and astounded people around the world by the amount of the fraud and for how long it went. Rita served the small town of Dixon from 1983 to 2012 until sentenced to nearly twenty years in federal prison for embezzling an astonishing $53.7 million. The story of this Dixon Commissioner shocked her small town and is studied by auditors all over.
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I understand that Cindy is being charge for second-degree robbery. When I first heard of this I was surprised. I was aware that Cindy was in probation during that period for reasons, which I am unsure of, however she was very motivated to transcend that point in her life and become a better person.
In the “After the Fact The Art of Historical Detection” by James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle in chapter 11 “Sacco and Vanzetti” is about a series of crimes that happen in Bridgewater, MA and in South Braintree. The first crime was in December 1919 in Bridgewater. The crimes was a attempt of payroll heist in broad daylight. The criminals were unsuccessful in securing the goods and started a gunfight but no one was hurt. The criminals escaped the scene of the crime. In second case that happen in South Braintree, a shoe company had two employees transporting payroll boxes containing about $15,777. Their was wasn’t ready and their boss encourage them to walk the short distance. Then they were robbed when a couple of bandits shot and killed
Her most recent act of destruction involves a pending felony grand theft charge, where she attempted to illegally obtain a $2,500 designer necklace by the act of shoplifting from a Jewelry store. She has been sentenced to 120 days in jail, but got out on a $75,000 dollar bond.
In her case, it was an indirect form of extortion – she had sent an intimidating inmate to shakedown another inmate who owed her a bag of coffee. According to George, Gina – the person who owed her the bag of coffee – was one of her victims. (George, pp. 14) Although she managed to maintain a façade when questioned by a correctional officer regarding the situation, she immediately realized that continuing to engage in such behavior or worse will grant her more time in administrative segregation (seg) than she already will be spending due to her security level. (George, pp.
A divorce fraud case, Sands v. Sands, involves a misappropriation of assets, which involved the legal ramification of the husband losing 100% of the misappropriated assets and it being awarded to the wife including being held liable for seventy percent of the wife’s attorney fees due to the husband’s fraudulent acts discovered within the court proceedings. Divorce fraud is governed by state laws and considered the laws that preserve the rights of this case. The case does detail the evidence admitted or expert witness testimony; however, common evidence used under these circumstances as fraudulent documents include an analysis of household income, bank accounts statements, couple’s tax return, credit card statements, property appraisal and
Officers received a dispatch for a silver bread van that is leaving the scene after backing over a street sweeper sign tearing it from the ground. The van broke the metal post at the base where it was fastened into the concrete. The sign was later observed lying on the sidewalk.
more than what is due such as salary, fines or payments or taking excessive benefits. Fraud
Ms. Pitts stated she was employed at Fred's. She was told by another employee that her windshield was damaged by a white female, who arrived and departed the parking lot, in a black Volkswagen, with license tag JLM615. Ms. Pitts stated
At the first crime scene, possible evidence would certainly be whether or not the safe in the office where the money was stolen required a password or...
Harris received the money to constitute an attempt. People v. Superior Court (Decker), 41 Cal. 4th 1, 8-10 (2007). Nor is it required that Mr. Harris reached the last steps of committing the extortion. Id. It is only required that Mr. Harris’ action brought him beyond the mere preparation of committing extortion. Id. In Franquelin, the court held that there was sufficient evidence to convict in which the defendant took all the necessary steps to commit extortion except for receiving the money as payment. People v. Franquelin, 109 Cal. App. 2d 777, 784 (1952). Franquelin had threatened the victim that he would have her arrested if she did not pay him. Id. at 781. Franquelin then set a time that he would come to her apartment to retrieve the money. Id at 782. When Franquelin arrived at the arranged time he was arrested before he received the money from the victim. Id. at 783.
Over the past two years, corporate America has endured a plethora of fraudulent acts committed by those of high status within their respective corporations, most of which involve internal fraud. Internal fraud has two main aspects, misappropriation of assets and fraudulent financial reporting, with the focus of this discussion lying within the former. Misappropriation of assets is defined as fraud for personal gain. It is the most common type of fraud found among employees and frequently includes theft of cash and inventory.