ATF

ATF Agent Charged With Stealing Guns, Cigarettes, For Resale

Melissa Jeltsen | April 7, 2011, 1:50PM

A special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) allegedly stole guns and stockpiles of cigarettes from the agency with the intention of selling them for his own financial benefit, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Wednesday.

In a 20-count indictment, 43 year old Virginia resident Clifford Dean Posey has been charged with wire fraud, embezzlement, possessing stolen firearms, making false statements and money laundering.

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Topics: ATF, Embezzlement, Guns, Virginia

Iowa

Split-Personality Iowa Embezzler Who Donated To Political Campaigns Gets 6 Years

Rachel Slajda | January 26, 2011, 1:55PM

A woman who embezzled $6 million from the insurance company where she worked, spent $175,000 on political campaigns and blamed it all on her split personalities has been sentenced to six years in prison.

Prosecutors say that Phyllis Stevens, who is 59, siphoned money off Des Moines-based Aviva USA for years by creating fake insurance agents and paying them huge commissions, which were wired into a bank account that Stevens and her wife, Marla, held in another state.

The Stevenses donated some $175,000 to state and federal candidates in 2006 and 2008, They chose mostly Democrats, including former Rep. Betsey Markey (D-CO) and Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) and Democratic groups, like MoveOn and the Democratic Party of Iowa, but also gave to some Republican women.

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Topics: André Carson, Campaign Contributions, Campaign Donations, Democrats, Embezzlement, Iowa