embezzlement

Tencent’s latest investigation comes as China scrutinizes the practices of the its internet titans and tightens regulation.

A Vatican judge has indicted 10 people, including a cardinal, on charges including extortion, abuse of office and fraud in connection with the Secretariat of State’s 350 million-euro investment in a London real estate venture

A Massachusetts woman who embezzled about $1.4 million from two nonprofits where she worked has been sentenced to six years in federal prison, prosecutors said. In addition, Nicole Lescarbeau was also sentenced last week to five years of probation and ordered to pay restitution, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston. Lescarbeau, 53, of Canton, bilked more than $1.3…

One current and one former Boston police officer have pleaded guilty to charges connected to an investigation into overtime fraud at the department’s evidence warehouse. Federal prosecutors say Officer Michael Murphy pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit theft concerning programs receiving federal funds and embezzlement from an agency receiving federal funds. Prosecutors say Murphy collected more than $16,000…

A former top executive at a Massachusetts-based shoe manufacturer has agreed to plead guilty to embezzling $30 million from the company, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Two former Massachusetts State Police troopers were arrested Friay by federal authorites for allegedly collecting thousands of dollars in overtime pay for hours not worked and destroying evidence in a scheme dating back to 2015.

Nine current and retired Boston police officers have been charged in connection with committing over $200,000 in overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s evidence warehouse, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the officers collectively embezzled over $200,000 in overtime pay between May of 2016 and February of 2019. They are all scheduled to make initial court…

Nine current and retired Boston police officers have been charged in connection with committing over $200,000 in overtime fraud at the Boston Police Department’s evidence warehouse, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.