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Brazilian federal police on Thursday formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of embezzlement for allegedly misappropriating jewelry he received while head of state, including luxury items given by the Saudi Arabian government, two police sources said, according to Reuters. This is the second time police have formally accused Bolsonaro of a crime. He was charged in March with forging his COVID-19 vaccine records. The jewelry, some of it made by Chopard of Switzerland, was valued at $3.2 million and included a diamond necklace, ring, watch and earrings given to Bolsonaro and former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro by the Saudi government....

The former president of a St. Helens-based manufacturer’s labor union who embezzled $32,000 from the union was sentenced Wednesday to five years of probation and ordered to complete 50 hours of community service. John Jason Burgess, 43, of Hillsboro has paid back a portion of the money he took, but has another $10,621.92 left in restitution. In December, he had pleaded guilty to concealing or destroying the union’s financial records, particularly receipts of union purchases he made for his personal gain.

A Boston woman was sentenced last week in federal court in Boston for her role in a scheme to embezzle more than $2.7 million from Bank of America using fraudulent donations to nonprofit organizations. Brianna Alexis Forde, 36, was sentenced to four months in prison and two years of supervised release, including six months of home detention. She was also ordered to pay $778,000 in restitution.

The former president of the Sun Prairie School Board was charged with theft Thursday for allegedly stealing more than $10,000 from Sun Prairie Youth Football over a five-year period, using the money to pay the property taxes on his home and buy merchandise from stores. David A. Stackhouse, 50, who now lives in Springfield, Pa., was charged with one count of theft in a business setting, for allegedly taking $10,254 between July 2003 and November 2008. Stackhouse was Sun Prairie Youth Football's president from 1999 until 2008, when his bid for re-election was defeated. He was a member of the...

The former head of a West Allis-based social service agency has agreed to plead guilty to embezzling from the organization, resulting in a loss of more than $100,000 to recipients of Social Security disability and supplemental income. Mildred Horvath, 64, of Milwaukee diverted the money from 2008 to 2010, according to federal court records. She was charged Thursday with a single $200 transfer and entered into an agreement to plead guilty to that single count. She faces a possible maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $100,000 fine. She could also be ordered to pay restitution. According to...

Former CA Chief To Plead Guilty By William M. Bulkeley & Paul Davies April 24, 2006 12:59 p.m. Sanjay Kumar, former chief executive officer of Computer Associates International Inc., is expected to plead guilty to financial fraud charges later today. People familiar with the situation said Mr. Kumar and his co-defendant Stephen Richards, a former top sales executive, will appear in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn today at 2 p.m. Details of the expected guilty pleas weren't immediately available. Lawyers for Messrs. Kumar and Richards couldn't be reached for comment. Once the protégé of CA founder Charles Wang, Mr. Kumar...

Fayetteville businessman Anthony Wayne Allen was charged Monday with embezzlement by an insurance agent. Anthony Allen, left, is escorted by Detective Sean Swain and Sheriff Moose Butler, right, at the Cumberland County Law Enforcement Center on Monday night. He is accused of taking $60,000 from a couple in July 1997. A warrant said Allen was supposed to purchase a life insurance policy and an annuity for the couple but failed to do so. Allen is 41 and lives in the 400 block of Kingsford Road. Bail was set at $1 million. Allen, accompanied by lawmen, did not respond to questions...