Thursday, December 13, 2012
John F. Losee, 61, told a federal judge he started stealing money from Heim Corp. in Sussex after a bank sold his business.
A 61-year-old Waukesha man was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison followed by four years of probation for embezzling more than $800,000 from a Sussex business, according to the IRS’ Criminal Investigation Department. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman handed down the sentence to John F. Losee, the former general manager at Heim Manufacturing Corp., who stole the money from the company between 2003 and 2009. “Over the last three years I have had the opportunity to go through a process of self-evaluation to try to understand how I could make such a huge mistake of betrayal and dishonesty to all who trusted and relied on me,” Losee said in a letter to Adelman. “I am truly sorry. I am also thankful that the truth came out in 2009 and that …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Town of Waukesha man tells police he hired the suspect to do bookkeeping work for him and discovered she stole money for the past four years.
A 35-year-old Waukesha woman is accused of stealing nearly $230,000 from a Town of Waukesha man and running up $80,000 in charges on his credit cards while she worked as his bookkeeper, according to a criminal complaint. Kelly M. Dewane was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court on Wednesday with four counts of theft of more than $10,000 from a business and five counts of credit card fraud. If convicted, she faces up to 33 years in prison and $150,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: The man has two part-time groundskeepers and a part-time housekeeper and in 2008 he hired Dewane to be his bookkeeper and take care of his expenses. In December 2011, Dewane needed some time off due to health issues, so the man decided to take …
Friday, October 12, 2012
An Eagle woman investigated for stealing from Brookfield company also had $320 worth of heroin in her car, a criminal complaint alleges.
A woman is facing embezzlement charges after she allegedly stole thousands from a Brookfield company by writing checks to herself and inflating her timesheet. Tonya J. Conklin, 19, of Eagle, was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Wednesday with theft from a business setting, identity theft and theft. If convicted, she faces up to 10 years in prison and $30,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Aug. 8, the owner of Alpha Industries Inc. called Brookfield police after he discovered Conklin had been stealing money from the company while employed there. He said Conklin had stolen $3,830 in debit transactions, written $4,339 in forged checks to herself and collected $1,260 in extra wages from inflated timesheets. When the …
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
John F. Losee, 61, of Waukesha, stole funds through fraudulent purchase orders while he was the general manager at Heim Manufacturing.
A 61-year-old Waukesha man has pleaded guilty in federal to embezzling more than $800,000 from a Sussex business, according to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office. John F. Losee pleaded guilty Friday to wire fraud and filing a false federal income tax return, the release states. In the plea agreement, Losee admitted to stealing the money from Heim Manufacturing Corp. between April 2003 and May 2009 while he was the general manager of the company. According to the release: Using his position, Losee submitted fraudulent purchase orders and invoices using the name of an actual vendor to cause Heim Manufacturing to issue more than 220 checks payable to the fictitious business Losee created. Losee then diverted these checks …
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Sunday, July 8, 2012
Robbin R. Hoeppner, 37, calls incident a "mix-up" when police confront her about missing money, according to criminal complaint.
A 37-year-old Waukesha woman is facing charges after she allegedly bilked a New Berlin landscaping company out of $4,000. Robbin R. Hoeppner was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of theft of more than $2,500 from a business and 15 counts of identity theft for financial gain. If convicted, she faces up to 93 ½ years in prison and $160,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: Hoeppner was hired in 2009 as a secretary at AAA Landscaping, 18901 W. Lincoln Ave., but less than a year into her employment, she began to get lazy on the job. She then asked the owner if she could take checks to the bank and bills to the post office, which she then began to do. After several months, the owner noticed some bills …
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Suspect had more than a dozen cars in his possession despite meager salary, according to criminal complaint.
A 31-year-old Waterford man is facing charges alleging he swindled $1.5 million in funds from Waukesha Memorial Hospital since 2006. Jeffery A. Checker was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court on Wednesday with six counts of theft of movable property valued at more than $10,000. If convicted, he faces up to 60 years in prison and $150,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: In June 2011, employees at the hospital noticed $1.5 million was taken after Checker billed an exorbitant amount of money from the painting department to Wall 2 Wall painting. However, an internal audit showed much of the work billed to the company was done internally and no one at the hospital was able to identify an employee of that company coming in to…
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Waukesha Memorial Hospital
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mkitty
4:13 pm on Monday, May 13, 2013
I can relate once the Medicare/acid is exhausted.. You are screwed, then the health system tries to literally kill you because there is no money. One sad situation begets another sad situation. I don't condone the behavior but I can understand it. more ›