He Puts the “VP” in “Very Stupid”
Friday, January 9th, 2009 • Filed under Embezzlers • 4 Comments
In these hard, trying economic times, it’s not very comforting to know that someone of the people who put us in this mess might be the ones who profit most from it. At least we can take a small bit of comfort knowing that some of these golden parachutes will have a hole or two in them.
DailyTech.com reports that one company executive got busted for embezzlement when he left the evidence sitting on his desk for all of the world to see.
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Nigeria Attacks Michigan
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007 • Filed under Embezzlers • 3 Comments
Here’s an embezzlement case that when I read it, literally, made my eyes pop out of my head. I’m thinking about suing the Detroit Free Press for causing said eye popage, but that might be a job for Dumb Lawsuits.com.
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Take the Money and Run, Then Take It Again, Then…
Thursday, January 26th, 2006 • Filed under Embezzlers, Other • 3 Comments
Unlike most of our dumb criminals, at least this one is trying to make things right even if she’s going about all wrong.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Greenville woman who admitted she was stealing money in part to pay restitution in two previous embezzlement cases was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday.
Ramona Obera Tucker, 52, was the office manager of a local business. She would take company checks meant to pay invoices, obtain a certified check from Bank of America, then convert those checks to her own use, U.S. Attorney Johnny Gasser said in a news release.
Tucker got the book thrown at her head twice in 1997 and 1998 for (can anyone guess?) embezzlement and now, she was caught embezzling again to pay back restitution for embezzling the first time. On the one hand, I’m glad this woman is getting time in the pokey. But on the other, I really feel sorry for her. How can she not use the gift of embezzling that God gave her?
The Judge said he gave Tucker such a hard sentence to protect any other businesses from becoming the victim of a repeat offender. Plus, if she hooks up with Kenneth Lay and Andrew Skilling on the street, they could combine their superpowers of embezzling to drain the world of all of its money.