Among the millions of cases on record:
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A computer
company employee bought software worth $9 million using an
internal purchasing account and then resold it through a
middleman for cash.
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A trusted
employee embezzled almost $500,000 dollars from a heating
supply company. (The employee had a verifiable employment
record and had passed a background check.)
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A hotel
maid stole an ATM card from a guest, tarnishing the hotel's
reputation.
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A man was
killed and his wife seriously injured when a former employee
robbed the motor lodge where the couple worked as managers.
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A state
education department employee used a state-issued credit
card to charge nearly $50,000 in personal expenses.
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A retail
store recovered merchandise totaling almost $11,000 that had
been stolen through an employee theft ring at its
distribution center.
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An office
manager was sentenced to three years in jail and ordered to
repay the nearly $227,994 that she skimmed from the doctor
who employed her.
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A payroll
administrator and manager of the company's profit sharing
401(k) plan stole approximately $3.1 million over an
eight-year period.
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Five
federal workers were tied to a bribery scheme.
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A store
clerk was caught and fired for pocketing cash.
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A judge
was sent to prison for accepting bribes.
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An
executive, along with his secretary, embezzled $84,000.
Fearing she might turn them both in, he kidnapped, raped,
and murdered her. He was caught, convicted, and executed.
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An armored
car driver staged a phony hold up of his $300,000 cargo.
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Several
retail employees were arrested for dumping merchandise into
their cars during working hours.
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A security
guard was sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbing the
store he was hired to protect.
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F.B.I.
agents arrested an army sergeant involved in a spy ring. He
was selling military secrets.
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A
restaurant manager was caught trying to sell stolen goods
from his car.
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A mayor
committed suicide after being caught accepting bribes.
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A bank
employee was caught trying to make wire transfers into his
own account.
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A police
officer was charged with burglary.
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A man was
arrested while trying to rob the company he used to work
for.
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A security
guard kidnapped an executive in an attempt to collect a
ransom. The executive was murdered.
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Postal
worker is charged with stealing credit cards out of the
mail.
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