Ex-BDO Atlanta Employee Who Shot and Killed Her Former Boss Was Indicted on Murder Charges
A Fulton County grand jury on Nov. 11 indicted Raissa Kengne, a former IT audit manager at BDO USA in Atlanta, in the August shooting deaths of her ex-supervisor at the accounting firm and the property manager of the condominium building where she lived. Kengne, 34, was charged with two counts of murder, two counts […]
Your Naughty Corporate Controller of the Day
Gerard Beauzile is facing a potentially lengthy stay in federal prison after he was charged with embezzlement earlier today for thinking no one would notice $2.3 million missing from the unnamed New York-based company where he had been the controller since 2001. Beauzile, 61, a resident of South Plainfield, NJ, appeared by videoconference on Monday […]
Accountants Behaving Badly: Fraud Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
I never thought I’d ever write the words “egg accountant busted in embezzlement scheme” but here we are. The egg accountant, Jonathan Weston, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh June 3 on charges of fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and tax fraud. According to the U.S. Attorney Office for the Western District of […]
Your Naughty Tax Preparer of the Day
So this guy actually thought he could get away with this, huh? SMH. Hadi Isbaih of Palos Heights, IL, was charged in an indictment returned Monday in the Northern District of Illinois with four counts of wire fraud for allegedly fraudulently assisting customers in obtaining millions of dollars in loans under the CARES Act, authorities […]
Your Naughty Tax Preparer of the Day
After being indicted last week on 35 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns and two counts of willfully failing to file personal income tax returns, Ametra Q. Wooden should probably change the name of her tax preparation business to F Plus Tax Experts & Financial Services, amirite? […]
Your Naughty Tax Preparer of the Day
I don’t know which is more dumb: that El Paso, TX-based tax preparer Victor Gonzalez intentionally underreported his income by roughly $289,000 over a three-year period or that the name of his now-defunct business was Tax Preparation Services. Seriously, Victor? You couldn’t come up with a better name than that? Anyhoo, V-Gon was indicted recently—not […]
BDO Puerto Rico Tax Partner Accused of Trying (and Failing) to Defraud the IRS
More accountants behaving badly at BDO Puerto Rico. First it was good ol’ Fernando Scherrer, the BDO Puerto Rico managing partner who got indicted for taking part in a shady corruption scandal last year that also involved Puerto Rico’s former education secretary and the former head of the Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration. Now, the […]
‘I’m F*cked’: What Amber Guyger Told 911 Dispatcher After She Killed PwC Accountant Botham Jean
A Dallas TV station obtained the audio recording of the 911 call made by now-former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger after she shot and killed PwC accountant Botham Jean in his apartment, in which she repeatedly tells the dispatcher that she thought she was entering her apartment. Guyger, 30, is scheduled to go on trial […]
Trial of Ex-Dallas Cop Accused of Killing PwC Accountant Botham Jean Delayed Until September
Amid all the Chicago Cubs angst that has been in my Twitter feed of late was this tweet from the Dallas Morning News: Former Dallas officer Amber Guyger's murder trial delayed in slaying of Botham Jean https://t.co/RHdhIN1FnA — Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) April 2, 2019 Guyger’s murder trial was supposed to begin on Aug. 12, […]
Ex-Dallas Cop Accused of Murdering PwC Accountant Botham Jean Will Go On Trial In August
The murder trial for Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who was charged in the 2018 shooting death of PwC Associate Botham Jean, will begin on Aug. 12, according to published reports. Guyger and her attorneys made a brief appearance in court on March 18 for an “announcement setting,” but a gag order issued […]
Ex-Dallas Cop Who Killed PwC Accountant Botham Jean Comes Out of Hiding
Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who was indicted on a murder charge late last year for fatally shooting PwC Associate Botham Jean in his apartment in early September, appeared at a Dallas County courthouse on Jan. 8, where a judge issued a gag order preventing attorneys from speaking publicly about the case. According […]
Fired Dallas Cop Amber Guyger Indicted on Murder Charge in the Shooting Death of PwC Accountant Botham Jean
A Dallas County grand jury on Nov. 30 indicted former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger on a murder charge for fatally shooting PwC Associate Botham Jean in his apartment in early September. After two days of hearing evidence this week, jurors voted this morning to upgrade the charge Guyger faces from manslaughter to murder. Guyger, 30, […]
Former EY Consultant Indicted on Hate Crime Charges for Allegedly Attacking Gay Couple, Being a Total D-Bag
Brandon McNamara, a 25-year-old former EY employee who was arrested in September for allegedly beating up two gay men outside a Brooklyn bar, faces up to 15 years in the slammer after he was indicted on hate crime charges last week. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said McNamara was arraigned on Nov. 14 and charged with […]
Oh Look, the Dixon, Illinois Fraud Is Way Bigger Than Everyone Thought
How big? In the neighborhood of $53 million, according to the indictment. Earlier reports had put it closer to $30 million and change. It further alleges that Rita Crundwell stated the scheme in December of 1990 and was "[creating] fictitious invoices purported to be from the State of the Illinois to show the auditors for […]