A former state lawmaker who also once served as Wisconsin's tourism secretary has pleaded guilty to failing to pay nearly $200,000 in employment taxes.

Milwaukee Ald. Chantia Lewis, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor theft by fraud charge, one of five charges she faces for allegedly taking more than $20,000 in campaign funds and false travel reimbursements from the city.

A man who handled finances at a Lake Michigan ferry company has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for a scheme to steal money from the business.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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. Jacobsen was an account specialist at Community Blood Center in Grand Chute. According to the criminal complaint, she used fraudulent ...

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 entered the pleas Monday as part of a plea agreement. In return, prosecutors agreed to recommend a jail sentence of ...

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 on a felony theft charge. Police detective Eric Kowalski said the alleged thefts occurred at the Uni-Mart Convenience Center where ...