Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is repaying $1.1 million in welfare money that he received for multiple speeches where he did not show up, the Mississippi state auditor said Wednesday.

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Federal gaming regulators are accusing St. Croix Chippewa tribal leaders of pocketing at least $1.5 million in casino funds with little or no documentation or receipts.

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A former accounting clerk at a church in Onalaska has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for stealing from her congregation.

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A federal grand jury has indicted a former bank executive from Neshkoro, accusing him of embezzlement from 2003 to 2014.

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Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they want a prison term of more than seven years for an embezzling accountant from Kentucky who spent six years as a fugitive, much of it hiking the Appalachian Trail.

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A man imprisoned for embezzling more than $400,000 from Ripon College is sentencing to additional time behind bars for new criminal charges in Ozaukee County.

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A change-of-plea hearing is scheduled Oct. 23 for an accountant who became a regular on the Appalachian Trail in the six years after he fled accusations that he embezzled $8.7 million.

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The former office manager of a Milwaukee-area talent agency has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $1 million to cover gambling losses.

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Officials in Lafayette County are suing the estate of a deceased clerk, saying he embezzled $134,000 over a five-year period.

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A former West Allis debt collection attorney who admitted to stealing more than $780,000 from his clients has pleaded guilty to criminal charges.

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Eastern District of Wisconsin U.S. Attorney Jim Santelle says his office collected about $9.7 million in civil and criminal cases in fiscal year 2013.

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One of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's close associates pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing thousands of dollars from a nonprofit group he ran, in a deal with prosecutors that could spare him more than a decade behind bars.

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The former treasurer of a Fox Valley youth sports league has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he embezzled nearly $20,000 from the organization to support a gambling addiction.

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A former associate to Gov. Scott Walker will face a jury trial next month on charges that he embezzled about $42,000 from veterans' groups.

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A final pre-trial hearing has been postponed for Kevin D. Kavanaugh, a former associate to Gov. Scott Walker who's accused of embezzling about $42,000 from veteran groups.

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A West Allis man has been convicted of taking items that the government planned to seize from a woman in a separate embezzlement case.

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A former City of Fond du Lac department head has been convicted in the embezzlement of more than $240,000 from taxpayers.

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A former aide to Gov. Scott Walker when Walker was the Milwaukee County executive has pleaded not guilty to embezzlement charges.

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A Neenah woman convicted of embezzling about $500,000 from the Community Blood Center in Grand Chute has been sentenced to five years in prison.

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A former Iowa workforce adviser helping lead a class-action discrimination lawsuit filed by black workers is expected to face federal charges of embezzlement and identity theft.

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The owner of Allen Howe & Son Inc. is facing charges he embezzled more than $56,000 from employees.

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APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A Neenah woman is accused of embezzling at least $470,000 from a nonprofit center that supplies donated blood to hospitals. Prosecutors filed eight charges Tuesday against 49-year-old Tina M. Jacobsen, including five felony counts of theft. ...

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FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A former Fond du Lac city employee has pleaded no contest to charges that he helped embezzle money from the city in a scheme that netted more than $240,000. Ken R. Moran of Oshkosh ...

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MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — The vice president of the Manitowoc School Board is accused of embezzling more than $133,000 from the store where he used to work. Forty-nine-year-old Tim P. Newberg is scheduled to make an initial court appearance Monday ...

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