NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A 69-year-old New Orleans man has pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of theft of government funds. U.S Attorney Jim Letten's office says Robert P. McFarland entered the plea Thursday before U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon. McFarland, as executive director of New Orleans... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - U.S. Attorney Jim Letten says a former manager of a Whitney Bank branch in Metairie has admitted stealing more than $56,000 from the bank. He says 50-year-old Karen Sork pleaded guilty Wednesday to bank theft, and could get up to 10 years in prison and $250,000... more »
MONROE, La. (AP) - An Arkansas man has been sentenced to three years and a month in prison for embezzling more than $200,000 from his employer. U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley says 44-year-old Michael A. Wallace, of Crossett, was sentenced Monday for charges of bank fraud and obstructing justice and... more »
The former Executive Director of the Church Point Housing Authority is facing embezzlement charges. Sarah Robert resigned from her position a year ago. According to court documents, Robert embezzled almost 200 thousand dollars. The theft allegedly starting back in January of 2009.
Robert first stepped into her position as... more »
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - The U.S. Attorney's Office in Lafayette has charged the former executive director of the Church Point Housing Authority with embezzling more than $195,000. In a bill of information filed in federal court Friday, Sarah Robert was charged with one count of embezzlement of government money. Federal... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Tennessee woman has been sentenced in Baton Rouge to 37 months in federal prison after admitting she embezzled over $491,000 in retirement and medical benefits for laborers in Louisiana and four other states. The Advocate reports U.S. District Judge James J. Brady on Thursday... more »
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A former president of Farmer's State Bank has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $100,000 in bank funds from July 1998 through January 2004. The Advocate reports Steve J. Broussard entered a guilty plea in federal court Monday to one count of misapplication by a bank... more »
One small Acadiana town is working through big money problems. KATC's Maddie Garrett was at the Delcambre City Council meeting Monday night and uncovered new information about an embezzlement investigation in the city. After its yearly audit, the City of Delcambre came up short by roughly $7,000. "It's significant for... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A Kentucky man and a Louisiana woman have been sentenced to prison terms for their roles in a scheme to embezzle nearly $13 million from a Gretna oil company. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier also on Thursday ordered 44-year-old Daniel Kinney, of Whitesville, Ky., and 46-year-old Donna... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Federal prosecutors allege a Louisiana woman and a Kentucky man embezzled nearly $13 million from a Gretna oil company. Forty-six-year-old Donna White of Avondale and 44-year-old Daniel Kinney, of Whitesville, Ky., were charged Monday with one count of mail fraud. The U.S. attorney's office in New Orleans... more »