Public Trust Crimes And Embezzlement
Public Trust Crimes & Embezzlement
Cieamauda Bradger
Elizabeth Clark
AIU Online
March 6, 2015
Abstract There are a wide variety of criminal offenses that bring attention to public corruption and their investigations. For this essay I will be focusing on embezzlement and its effect on the public. I present to you three investigations of embezzlement that occurred in 2014.
The first being of a former consultant to New York Democratic Senate Campaign Committee (“DSCC”) his conspiracy for tax fraud. The second of a former Florida County Employee and his sentencing for tax evasion. The third investigation is a discussion of a former executive director of “Affordable Housing” organization and her conspiracy to steal federal funds. Each of these individuals were sentenced to several years in prison due to their betrayal of the public’s trust.
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19, 2014, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release (Southal, 2014), after being convicted in September 2014. Melvin Lowe is his name, he was a State Democratic of the Senate Campaign Committee (DSCC”). M. Lowe had conspired with New York State Senator John Sampson about defrauding the DSCC out of $100,000 for their own personal use. It was found and understood that M. Lowe had arrangements with a New Jersey-based political consultant to submit $100,000 as a false invoice in printing services to the DSCC (Southall, 2010). What was going here was you had J. Sampson who deceitfully approved the payment of the false
Cieamauda Bradger
Elizabeth Clark
AIU Online
March 6, 2015
Abstract There are a wide variety of criminal offenses that bring attention to public corruption and their investigations. For this essay I will be focusing on embezzlement and its effect on the public. I present to you three investigations of embezzlement that occurred in 2014.
The first being of a former consultant to New York Democratic Senate Campaign Committee (“DSCC”) his conspiracy for tax fraud. The second of a former Florida County Employee and his sentencing for tax evasion. The third investigation is a discussion of a former executive director of “Affordable Housing” organization and her conspiracy to steal federal funds. Each of these individuals were sentenced to several years in prison due to their betrayal of the public’s trust.
Tax and Fraud Conspiracy …show more content…
19, 2014, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years of supervised release (Southal, 2014), after being convicted in September 2014. Melvin Lowe is his name, he was a State Democratic of the Senate Campaign Committee (DSCC”). M. Lowe had conspired with New York State Senator John Sampson about defrauding the DSCC out of $100,000 for their own personal use. It was found and understood that M. Lowe had arrangements with a New Jersey-based political consultant to submit $100,000 as a false invoice in printing services to the DSCC (Southall, 2010). What was going here was you had J. Sampson who deceitfully approved the payment of the false