Tag: Embezzlement

Former Worker Charged with Stealing from W.Va. Agency

A former employee faces charges of stealing thousands of dollars' worth of equipment and supplies from the West Virginia Division of Highways. The…

A former employee faces charges of stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment and supplies from the West Virginia Division of Highways.

 

The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown, Maryland, says a Berkeley County grand jury indicted 57-year-old William Robert Smallwood of Martinsburg on Friday. Smallwood is charged with felony obtaining money or goods by false pretenses, fraudulent use of a credit card and embezzlement.

Smallwood is accused of embezzling more than $6,000 worth of chainsaws, weed eaters and other items between January 2010 and July 2013. He also is accused of using a DOH credit account to buy a pressure washer, an electric generator and a plasma cutter in 2012 and 2013.

 

Police say Smallwood was in charge of purchasing equipment and supplies for the DOH.

Va. Woman Sentenced for Embezzling From W.Va. DMV

A Virginia woman convicted of embezzling from the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles has received a suspended sentence and probation.

Forty-seven-year-old Rhonda Ann Thomas of Bluefield, Virginia, was sentenced Wednesday in Mercer County Circuit Court.

Judge Derek Swope sentenced Thomas to one to 10 years in prison and then suspended the entire term. Swope placed Thomas on five years’ probation and ordered her to pay $13,000 in restitution to the state.

Thomas formerly served as the manager of the DMV’s regional office in Princeton. She pleaded guilty in March to embezzlement.

Ex-Fairmont State Official Sentenced for Embezzling

A former Fairmont State University official will spend more than three years in prison for embezzling from the school.David A. Tamm pleaded guilty in…

  A former Fairmont State University official will spend more than three years in prison for embezzling from the school.

David A. Tamm pleaded guilty in January to embezzling from a state agency receiving federal funds. He also admitted falsely reporting less income than he received on his 2012 federal income tax return.

The Exponent Telegram reports that the 45-year-old Parkersburg resident was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Elkins to 46 months in prison.

Prosecutors say Tamm used various methods to buy computer switches and then resold them for cash.

Tamm had served as vice president and the university’s chief information officer since 2008. His employment was terminated in April 2013.

Ex-Huntington Food Bank Head Admits Embezzlement

The former head of a Huntington-based regional food bank has pleaded guilty to embezzling from the charity.

Fifty-seven-year-old Leigh Anne Zappin of Huntington admitted to taking more than $32,000 from the former Huntington Area Food Bank in 2012.

Zappin pleaded guilty Monday in Cabell County Circuit Court to one felony embezzlement count.

Sentencing is scheduled for June 19.

Zappin resigned her position as the food bank’s executive director in September 2012.

The food bank changed its name earlier this year to Facing Hunger Foodbank. It serves the needy in 17 counties in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia.

Ex-Fairmont State VP Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

A former Fairmont State University official faces up to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to embezzlement and tax charges. Forty-five-year-old…

A former Fairmont State University official faces up to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to embezzlement and tax charges.
 
     Forty-five-year-old David A. Tamm of Parkersburg pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to embezzling from a state agency receiving federal funds. He also admitted falsely reporting less income than he received on his 2012 federal income tax return.
 
     U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II says Tamm used his state purchasing card to buy computer switches and then resold them for cash. Tamm received about $650,000 from the scheme.
 
     Tamm had served as vice president and the university’s chief information officer since 2008. His employment was terminated April 5.
 
     He faces up to 10 years in prison on the embezzlement charge and up to three years on the tax charge.
 
 

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