True Story Round-up for March 22

Twenty year bookkeeper steals $2.3 million.  She made false entries in the company books indicating that the checks were being paid to various transportation companies and other entities.

State Police have arrested a woman accused of embezzling more than $100,000 from a recreational vehicle company where she worked as its bookkeeper.

A woman [...]

QuickBooks Expert Scott Gregory Speaks Out

Attention Accountants/Bookkeepers
Have you been looking for a way to detect problems that may be lurking inside a clients’ QuickBooks data file?  Has the ownership of your client expressed some concern about the quality of the work being done by their bookkeeper? Are there any reasons to believe that some shenanigans (i.e. theft or fraud) may [...]

True Story Round-up for March 15

An independent contract bookkeeper for several businesses, allegedly embezzled more than $80,000 from at least one of her local employers while working as a part-time bookkeeper.

A woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $240,000 from a local company over the course of seven years.  She would create false entries in the bookkeeping [...]

True Story Round-up for March 8

A woman suspected of stealing nearly $70,000 from her former employer was arrested.

A woman who stole more than $400,000 while working as a bookkeeper at a central New Jersey firm has been sentenced to five years in prison.

In addition to the financial loss and  obvious breach of trust issues, the offenses had a [...]

True Story Round-up for March 1

A woman faces possible prison time stemming from charges that she stole nearly half a million dollars from a law firm where she was employed in order to support her lavish lifestyle.

A 58-year-old woman who stole more than $400,000 and lost it all gambling, has been sentenced to three years in prison.  She [...]

True Story Round-up for February 22

A woman faces up to 15 years in prison for stealing nearly $400,000 from her employer over a 6-year period.

Couple Pleads Guilty To Fraud In Bozeman Dairy Case.  Used multiple techniqes to steal more than $1,000,000.

A 43-year-old woman has been accused of embezzling more than $13,000 from a Billings company where she worked as a [...]

True Story Round-up for February 15

A financial bookkeeper for an architectural firm siphoned off hundreds of thousands of dollars from her company for personal expenses.

A federal grand jury recently indicted a woman for embezzling from the landscape company where she worked and for not reporting the stolen income to the IRS.

A former bookkeeper of a Modesto real [...]

True Story Round-up for February 9

A Maine woman is facing charges she stole more than $16,000 from a Conway, N.H., company where she worked as a bookkeeper.

She defrauded Midwest Irrigation by writing checks from the company’s checkbook to pay personal debts.

A former bookkeeper has been charged with stealing more than $700,000 from a Charleston construction company.

A financial bookkeeper at [...]

True Story Round-up for February 2

A federal grand jury today indicted a woman for embezzling from the landscape company where she worked and for not reporting the stolen income to the IRS.

A 35-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion for embezzling $133,000 from a Butte tax preparation firm has been sentenced to [...]

True Story Round-up for January 25

Her bookkeeper, a 68-year-old woman with a walker and an addiction to pain pills, would give her inflated payroll requests that included as much as $5,000 a week for herself.

A woman is out on bail after being arrested for stealing nearly $18,000 from a dermatologist’s office.

A judge has sentenced a bookkeeper [...]