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" ... Home Furnishings Never Delivered. The Somerset County Division of Consumer Protection received 21 complaints from consumers who had paid more than $60,000 altogether at a New Jersey furniture store where the owner embezzled the money and never delivered the furniture. The business filed for bankruptcy offering little recompense for the consumers. ... "
" ... On April 15, 2008, Esmerian caused Fred Leighton to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In the course of the bankruptcy proceeding, despite orders of the bankruptcy court, “Esmerian repeatedly and systematically embezzled tens of millions of dollars worth of property of Fred Leighton and related debtor entities, sold that property, and kept the proceeds for himself or to pay off other debts,” according the U.S. attorney’s statement. ... "
" ... U.S. District Judge Kristine G. Baker (Eastern District of Arkansas) had sentenced Espejo in January 2018 after a jury found her guilty of wire fraud, money laundering, and filing false tax returns. Espejo was an office manager for a firm that administered business expenses for doctors in Little Rock, Arkansas, where it was charged that she had embezzled over $600,000, something she disputes ... but jury has closed that case. In fact, Espejo acknowledged as much and went into prison hoping to use the time in the most productive way she could. She self surrendered to a federal prison camp in Bryan, TX, on February 26, 2018. ... "
" ... What about the fines banks have faced? Wells Fargo just lost its CEO and agreed to a fine of $185 million because a microscopic percentage of its bank tellers, eager to achieve higher monthly bonuses, faked the opening of new customer accounts. These actions didn’t cost Wells customers any money, but they did cost the bank money. Still, for having fired the errant employees who embezzled Wells Fargo, Wells was forced to agree to a major fine. As the Wall Street Journal’s Greg Ip recently explained it, “Investors must now discount the possibility that any bank could be a scandal away from indictment and a huge fine.” Absolutely. ... "
" ... Which brings us to the latest from the retired Fed Chair. On her way out of the central bank, Yellen’s Fed laid down the hammer on Wells Fargo whereby it decreed regulatory limits on the bank’s ability to earn profits. Yellen’s explanation for what was inexcusable was that “[W]e cannot tolerate pervasive and persistent misconduct at any bank and the consumers harmed by Wells Fargo expect that robust and comprehensive reforms will be put in place to make certain the abuses do not occur again.” Oh sure, the Fed that logically only discovers bank problems after those institutions need bailouts can institute reforms meant to please customers? What a laugh; one that presumes market forces are unequal to regulating out bad behavior. Seemingly forgotten by Yellen is that the errors that placed Wells on the wrong side of regulators resulted in Wells being embezzled by its own employees. Yet its reward has been fines and penalties on top of embezzlement that no well-run company would every knowingly countenance? None of this is serious, nor was the Fed run by Yellen serious. ... "