A Pennsylvania couple is facing up to 30 years in prison for mail fraud, filing false tax returns, and submitting falsified loan documents. The wife was the COO of a hospital and used her position to embezzle $1.3 million, which the couple used on vacations, home renovations, and a 70-acre motocross course. She used her corporate credit card for many of the purchases, and then disguised the charges as business-related. For example, she purchased hundreds of gift cards worth more than $350,000, claiming they were for distribution to “focus groups” or physicians. Ironically, her husband was a financial crimes detective who investigated theft and fraud. (www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/pr/butler-county-couple-plead-guilty-fraud-and-tax-charges)
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