Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Duane Rill is accused of stealing more than $13,000 while serving as union secretary and treasurer.
A Cranberry Township resident accused of stealing more than $13,000 has been indicted by a federal grand jury, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Pittsburgh. Duane Rill, 51, of Mary Street, faces one count of union embezzlement. According to the indictment, Rill was the secretary-treasurer of the Berry Metal Employees’ Association, an independent union based in Cranberry, where he is accused of stealing about $13,496 from the union by writing and cashing unauthorized union checks and making unauthorized cash withdrawals. The thefts occurred from March 23, 2007 to Nov. 20, 2009, according to U.S. Attorney David Hickton. If convicted, Rill faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both. The Department of Labor, Office …
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Cranberry resident Patricia K. Smith pleaded guilty earlier this year to embezzling more than $10 million from the Baierl Acura dealership in Pine.
The son and daughter-in-law of Cranberry Township resident Patricia K. Smith have agreed to forfeit property, cars and others items bought for them using money Smith embezzled from the Baierl Acura car dealership in Pine. In January, Smith, the former controller for the car dealership, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for embezzling more than $10.2 million from Baierl's payroll bank account over a more than six-year period. A married mother of three grown children and grandmother to three, she was sentenced to 78 months in prison and three years of supervised release earlier in May. According to court documents filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Adam Smith, Patricia K. Smith’s son, and his wife, Andrea Smith, agreed to forfeit …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Stacy Attisano embezzled more than $1,000 over a six-year-period.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
A Portersville resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of embezzlement from an institution insured by the NCUA and income tax evasion, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton announced today. The five-count indictment named Stacy L. Attisano, 43, of 1656 Houk Road as the sole defendant. According to indictment, Attisano embezzled in excess of $1,000 between 2004 and 2010 from the Lawrence County School Employee Federal Credit Union in New Castle. Attisano was the assistant manager at the union, which deals primarily with educators. Attisano was also charged with tax evasion for the years 2006 through 2009. The law provides for a maximum total sentence of 50 years in prison, a fine of $2 million or both. Under the…
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Patricia K. Smith, ex-controller at the car dealership, pleaded guilty in federal court.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The former controller of the Baierl Acura dealership pleaded guilty in federal court today to a charge of wire fraud in a $10.2 million embezzlement case, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced. Patricia K. Smith, 57, of Marshall Road in Cranberry Township, waived prosecution by indictment and entered a plea of guilty to one count of wire fraud before Senior United States District Judge Gustave Diamond, according to a press release from Hickton's office. In relation to the guilty plea, the court was advised that from Dec. 2004 until July 28, 2011, Smith embezzled more than $10 million from her employer, Baierl Acura of Wexford. The money paid for Smith's extravagant lifestyle. Diamond scheduled sentencing for 10 a.m. on May 9. …
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Federal prosecutors say Patricia K. Smith, the dealership's former controller, used the money to buy homes, jewelry and more.
A Cranberry Township woman is scheduled to appear next month in U.S. District Court on charges that she embezzled money from the Baierl Acura car dealership in Pine and used it to buy houses, cars, gold coins, jewelry and more for herself and members of her family. The U.S. Attorney's office in Pittsburgh said Patricia K. Smith used her position as controller at the dealership to alter financial records and defraud the company over seven years by using electronic bank transactions and company ledger entries. She is charged with one count of wire fraud. Court records indicate Smith may waive indictment and enter a guilty plea when she appears at a plea hearing set for 11:30 a.m. Jan 10. before U.S. District Judge Gustave Diamond. She is not…
Brian J. Spector
12:08 pm on Thursday, June 21, 2012
This is one of the most outrageous stories I have ever read. How do you not miss $10 million? I would definitely plan on filing some kind of suit against the accounting firm for negligence. more ›