Basketball Coach Embezzled Money From Fairfax County High School Event: Police
A 33-year-old basketball coach employed by the Fairfax County Public Schools has been charged with embezzling district money, authorities said.
Drew Smerdzinski, of Herndon, is believed to have embezzled money from a school event at James Madison High School, county police said.
The coach, who became the center of an investigation in July, was charged by a warrant on Wednesday, Oct. 4, and surrendered on Thursday, Oct. 5, with felony embezzlement, police said.
Smerdzinski was released on an unsecured bond, and has been suspended from his position following the arrest.
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Woman Embezzled $1.3M From Eastern Mass Business: Police
A 36-year-old Norfolk County woman was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 2, and charged with stealing $1.3 million from her former employer, authorities said.
Ashley Sumner, of Weymouth, is charged with larceny over $1,200, two counts of improper use of a credit card over $1,200, four counts of identity fraud, and one count of money laundering, Holbrook police said. She was being held on a $100,000 bond.
Detectives began investigating Sumner in March after her former employer, Allstate Glass, reported her for allegedly stealing $50,000 while handling the business's finances, police said.&nb…
PA Employee Embezzled $1.2 Million From Furniture Store, DA Says
A high-ranking employee at a Pennsylvania furniture business is accused of embezzling more than $1 million from the company, authorities say.
Linda Mansi, 53, of Tuckerton, New Jersey, is charged with multiple felonies from Arnold Office Furniture and Sunline Supply in Bridgeport, said Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele's Office in a release Friday, July 28.
Jay and Jordan Berkowitz, the owners of the stores, approached police in February about a "significant theft" from the company's coffers, the DA said.
The Berkowitzes claimed Mansi — an employee sin…
