Bookkeeper gets 4 years for embezzlement
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A bookkeeper was sentenced to four years in prison for embezzling $6.9 million from a company to spend on such things as a ranch in Vermont, a life-size statue of Al Capone and a private performance by singer Burt Bacharach.
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The former chief financial officer of the hedge fund Bayou Group was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded investors of $450 million and led to the fundâs collapse.
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The former vice president of a luxury U.S. restaurant chain with outlets in New York, London, Hong Kong and Venice was sentenced to up to four-and-a-half years prison on Monday for making false insurance claims.
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Managers who give false or misleading information about their companies that hurts investors could be forced to pay up to four years' salary in penalties under a proposed German law, officials said Wednesday.
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An unqualified accountant who stole almost Â£1m from John Prescott's office is jailed for a further 18 months.
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Four people in Nevada and Oklahoma were charged with fraudulently obtaining thousands of dollars meant for victims of Hurricane Katrina, authorities said Thursday.
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NEW HAVEN, Connecticut  - A dealer in antique   treasures who admitted stealing more than $3 million in rare   maps was sentenced on Wednesday to 3-1/2 years in prison after   a judge ruled that he deserved leniency for cooperating.
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It has taken four months and complex negotiations to transfer the money, contained in accounts frozen at the bank.
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An insurance chief and two of his directors face sentencing after being convicted of defrauding investors.
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A panel investigating Salt Lake County's mayor said Wednesday that it found evidence she misused public money by hiring a bookkeeper for a nonprofit group where her daughter is the chief financial officer.
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Kevin P. Hannon was sentenced to time in federal prison for his role in the fraud that led to the companyâs collapse.
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A former midlevel Dynegy executive was resentenced to six years in prison for his role in a fraudulent accounting scheme.
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The former chief of Brocade Communications was sentenced to 21 months in prison for scheming to tamper with the financial records of the companyâs stock options.
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Man served 4 years on charges that some say were trumped up to retaliate for aggressive reporting.
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A prominent former banker was  convicted on Sunday in a $2.2 billion fraud case that drove the  Caribbean nation into an economic tailspin four years ago.
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Former Rite Aid Corp. vice chairman Franklin C. Brown was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for playing a leading role in an accounting-fraud scandal that drove the pharmacy retailer to lower previously reported earnings by &#36;1.6 billion more than four years ago.
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A former chief financial officer at the golf apparel company Cutter &amp; Buck has been sentenced to three months in prison for covering up a multimillion-dollar accounting fraud.