Andrea Jacobsen is an investigator with the Financial Crimes Unit of the Alaska Bureau of Investigations, part of the Alaska State Troopers. Learn how financial crimes and violent crimes are often interlinked, about the damage done through financial crimes, and some of the fraudsters methods. Learn how they are caught, and what you can do to protect yourself from them.
LISTEN: Link to listen will go live Saturday, 12-14-13, at 10 AM.
LINKS:
Protect yourself and others from fraud: http://www.saveandinvest.org/FraudCenter/
Department of Justice site with videos on financial crime: http://www.justice.gov/usao/briefing_room/fin/
FinCEN (U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network): http://www.fincen.gov
Financial Crimes and Scams: http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/Money/Financial-Crime.shtml
FBI Financial Crimes Stats: https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/financial-crimes-report-2010-2011
FTC Credit Card Fraud Advice: http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0216-protecting-against-credit-card-fraud
ABC News Story: Massive Credit Card Fraud Steals $200M: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/massive-credit-card-fraud-steals-200m/story?id=18409543
FBI: Common Fraud Scams: http://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud
FBI Internet Fraud Scams: https://www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud/internet_fraud/internet_fraud
Charity Fraud: http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0074-giving-charity
FTC Consumer Advice on Charity Scams: http://biztaxlaw.about.com/od/employeelawandtaxes/f/preventembezzle.htm
Interesting Financial Crime Cases:
Washington Post on Embezzlement from non-profits: http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/nonprofit-groups-often-seek-restitution-not-prosecution-when-money-goes-missing/2013/11/23/d7b7ba18-51f8-11e3-9e2c-e1d01116fd98_story.html
Ephonia Green Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement of $5.1 million from Association of American Medical Colleges: http://www.fbi.gov/washingtondc/press-releases/2013/former-employee-pleads-guilty-to-embezzling-more-than-5.1-million-from-non-profit
Former Town Treasurer of Brimfield, Massachusetts arraigned on charges of embezzling over $80,000: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/11/ex-brimfield_treasurer_arraign.html
Former Seattle ATF supervisor indicted in embezzlement case: http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022309022_atfindictment1xml.html
The former president of a Daly City charity pleaded no contest to felony embezzlement for reportedly taking approximately $68,000 and gambling it away betting on horse races: http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2013-11-02/ex-charity-head-takes-embezzlement-deal/1776425112671.html
