Payroll Manager Finds Multiple Ways to Bankroll Himself
Matthew Hernandez, the manager of a San Diego technology company, was found guilty of embezzling more than $350,000. Hernandez was responsible for the company’s payroll and accounts payable, and  had authority to sign checks. Between 2010 and 2017 he stole money from the company hundreds of times in multiple ways. His scheming involved: making online […]
Water District Manager Drowning in a Tsunami of His Own Making
Dennis Falaschi, the general manager of the Panoche Water District in central California, was indicted for conspiracy, theft of government property, and filing false tax returns. In 1992, Falaschi discovered that an abandoned drain turnout on the Delta-Mendota Canal that had been sealed years earlier was leaking water. He instructed an employee to install a […]
Did You Know?
Joseph Nunan, an IRS commissioner in the 1940s, was charged with evading over $90,000 in taxes. Among the income he failed to report was $1800 he won on a bet that Harry Truman would beat Thomas Dewey in the 1948 presidential election. He was sentenced to five years in prison. Contact McCauley Law Offices, P.C. […]