Honolulu’s former elected prosecutor, an island businessman, and his company’s associates have been found not guilty in an alleged pay-for-prosecution scheme that the feds said threatened to put a woman in prison on bogus theft charges.
Embezzlement
A well-known assistant football coach for a California high school was scheduled to begin his 10-month sentence during the week of June 18 after he was found guilty of grand theft by embezzlement. According to the report, he was sentenced to electronic monitoring instead of a 10-month jail sentence.
A former employee at the University of California, Berkeley, is facing felony charges after she was accused of stealing money from the university.
A chief financial officer for a company in California has been charged with embezzlement and could face serious penalties if he is convicted. The allegations of embezzlement don't involve the company he works for but if he is convicted, his job could be in jeopardy as well as his future career opportunities.
A former Glendale mayor who also served as a councilman has been sentenced to one year imprisonment for allegedly embezzling approximately $300,000 from a local farmers market. The former mayor has also been asked to pay $305,000 in restitution and another $14,000 in back taxes.