Embezzlement

Embezzled money while living in Mississippi and was arrested by police at his residence in Florida

Bilked his 300 clients out of over $140 million by operating a Ponzi scheme that funneled nearly $20 million to his personal accounts which he spent on jewelry, rare coins and luxury vacations while grossly mismanaging his firm's books at the same time, yet the DOJ only brought a CIVIL lawsuit against him

Stole $80k from local taxpayers by keeping money that was supposed to pay for the community's utility bills

Stole over $58,000 from taxpayers by falsifying cash slips and checks drawn from county bank accounts she managed to make it appear that lower amounts of taxes and other revenue were received

Created a fictitious consulting company along with state reps. Glen Casada and Robin Smith where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also paid Casada and Smith a bribe in exchange for their help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendor

Created a fictitious consulting company along with state rep. Robin Smith and his chief of staff where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also accepted bribes from his chief of staff in exchange for his help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendor

Embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money meant for a development he never intended to build and used the money to purchase four vehicles, gold, silver and platinum bars, and to pay off personal debts

Stole over $2.1 million from clients whose property he managed over a series of at least 19 wire transfers, checks and in-person withdrawals and deposited the money into two bank accounts he owned

Stole $15,940 from taxpayers by charging thousands in personal expenses on her government credit card and falsifying records to get paid for work she didn't do

Stole $4k in ad revenue from a calendar for the Sheriff's department that he led

Used government funds to purchase a UTV for the sheriff's department that he had previously owned and falsely claimed the vehicle was new so he could evade rules that were in place to deter exactly what he did

Stole $14,400 from the county GOP bank account he oversaw by writing checks to himself

Illegally transferred $61,591 from a local GOP chapter's bank account to his personal accounts over 147 wire transfers in a five-year period and covered it up by falsifying reports he submitted to the local chapter

Stole $267,80 from a political Super PAC whose finances he oversaw as its Treasurer

Stole roughly $1 million from a NYC police officers union by filing falsified expense reports for personal items including lavish meals and luxury clothing and over-inflating the amount he should be reimbursed for countless other expenses for over four years to such a degree that prosecutors described it as a "personal piggy bank" and then lied to federal officials when they confronted him

Funneled over $1.5 million in taxpayer funds and from a charity he managed to his personal accounts which he then used to make multiple "large cash withdrawals," pay his personal credit card bills, make political donations and gamble

Engineered an illegal $233,647 taxpayer funded payment to himself from the Maryland Environmental Service by lying that then Maryland Governor Larry Hogan approved it as his severance

Embezzled $400k in taxpayer money by using a government issued credit card on personal purchases including cryptocurrency and professional sports memorabilia

Stole more than $800,000 in legal fees owed to his law firm by transferring the money to his personal account and then didn't pay the $254,628 tax bill that would have been due had the money been acquired legally

Embezzled $2.7 million from a local Boys and Girls Club over a four-year period and also used the organization's credit card for personal trips to the Philippines and Lake Tahoe, hotels, retail purchases and membership to dating website filipinocupid.com

Illegally charged health insurance companies over $950k for dental procedures he didn't actually perform over a five-year period

Embezzled $46,500 including $27,500 from the city of Stockton, CA with the help of his executive assistant

Pocketed $46,500 in state grants designated for community upgrades by manipulating the bidding process to award his company a contract for work that was never done

Funneled nearly $200k from Florida GOP bank accounts into a shell company he owned with an associate of which he kept $125k for himself and gave $65k to his associate

Stole a mind-boggling $53.7 million from a financially depressed Illinois town over the decadeslong period she served as its comptroller and used the money to finance a lavish lifestyle which included purchasing a horse farm, $350k worth of jewelry, luxury vehicles, a motor home & properties in Illinois and Florida

Embezzled $400k in insurance premiums from a company he owned and deposited it into his congressional campaign account and then tried to cover his tracks by transferring ownership of the company to his wife

Stole $6,200 dollars from the sheriff department's bank account which he used to pay for his re-election parties in 1998 and 2002 and to reimburse an employee for a travel expense and then obstructed justice by attempting to cover his tracks on expense reports