Sacramento, CA — Kinde Durkee pled guilty on Friday to five counts of felony mail fraud for embezzling more than $7 million from her clients.  Durkee should spend anywhere from 11 1/2 to 14 years in federal prison.  She will be sentenced on June 20 in U.S. District Court in Sacramento.  Durkee’s guilty plea was part of an agreement where she committed to selling the office building where her company, Durkee & Associates was located and her 401k funds to pay restitution.  Durkee had clients such as U. S. Senator …

San Francisco, CA –A retired El Dorado County sheriff’s deputy was arrested for allegedly embezzling more than $300,000 from the union, El Dorado County Sheriff’s Association.  Donald Philip Atkinson, 50, was the former president of the union and he pocketed funds that were for charitable donations.  Atkinson has been charged with 44 felony counts, including embezzlement, grand theft, forgery and perjury.  He is being held in lieu of $1 million bail.  Atkinson submitted forged documents to the union and claimed he wrote checks but kept the money instead. He even …

San Diego, CA –An employe at a La Mesa Dealership was arrested for embezzling money on Jan. 11, 2012.  Lizbeth Ochoa, 35, worked more than 12 years at the dealership.  Authorities believe that over a period of time she embezzled over 100,000 dollars.  Ochoa was charged with felony embezzlement and burglary of the Drew Ford Auto Dealership.  She is in the Las Colinas Detention Facility in Santee and her bail was set at $1 million.  The dealership notified the police in November 2011 that Ochoa was suspected of the crime …

Baltimore, Maryland — An employee of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plead guilty to embezzlement charges in federal court in Baltimore on Friday.  Sheldon S. Mixon, 42, of Elkridge, used his government-issued credit card to make personal purchases between 2008 and 2011 of more than $26,000.  Mixon bought items at Best Buy, Office Depot, and other retail stores.  He faces a maximum sentence of up to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.  Mixon has a plea deal in which he agreed to forfeit the amount …