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Not So Smooth Criminal Steals $11 Million For Love
Crazy in love might be one way to describe Michelle Cawthra, a former Colorado Department of Revenue employee who stole $11 million in unclaimed tax refunds from her employer. With her morals blinded by love, Michelle deposited unclaimed tax refunds and other state money into her ex-boyfriend's bank accounts over the course of two years.
She received a 24-year sentence after pleading guilty to racketeering and testified, "I did things I don't think I otherwise would have done had I not been in love with him."
Your Two Cents: Have You Tried ID Theft Prevention Services?
A company called Lifelock has been getting a lot of attention for its generous and confident ID Theft Prevention plan.
Lifelock boasts a $1 million service guarantee that it will protect your identity and money. A membership costs about $110 a year and Lifelock works with credit bureaus to set free fraud alerts on your behalf, checks in with the bureaus every 90 days, requests that your name be removed from preapproved credit-card and junk-mail lists and offers a complicated identity monitoring package.
Have You Ever Had Something Stolen?
Arriving to a broken-in apartment after Thanksgiving break during college was an overwhelmingly violating feeling. Laptop? Gone.
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News Flash: People Making Ends Meet by Tipping Off Police
Some Americans are feeling the economy crunch harder than others and have resorted to a desperate-times-call-for-desperate-measures mentality. Crime Stoppers, a program that invites tips to stop criminals in exchange for cash rewards, has seen a big jump in the number of tipsters calling with information. Sergeant Johnson has been a Crime Stoppers coordinator for 15 years and summarized the situation when he said, “People just need money."
Crime TV Shows Make Us Spend More?
It's easy to connect the dots between sadness and spending more, but a new report in the Journal of Consumer Research shows we can do just as much damage from watching crime TV shows like Law and Order. I wouldn't intuitively make that association, but according to the study "consumers who have been recently reminded of their own impending mortality" spend more on groceries.
So, the reminder of our mortal state makes us shop more?
Love Is in the Air on The Office
There wasn't much of anything work-related going on in last nights "Crime Aid" episode of The Office, but there was a whole lot of office romance. The relationships overshadowed the office burglary, which was in fact Michael and Holly's fault for failing to lock up after their lip-lock session. Love is in the air!
Do You Own One of America's Most Stolen Cars?
The phrase hot wheels takes on a negative connotation when you're talking about stolen rides. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has determined which vehicles were most reported stolen last year, down to the make, model, and year.
The NICB advises car owners to protect their wheels by using common sense and locking their cars; having a visible or audio warning device; getting an immobilizing device like smart keys; and hooking up a tracking device that can monitor the car's whereabouts via computer if the car is stolen.
The Best Places For US Women to Have a Career and Kids
Some places are more welcoming to women with a juggle than others. According to ForbesWoman, New York is the best place for women who have a career and kids based on an assessment of earnings, unemployment rates, cost of living, crime, access to health and day care, per pupil spending and number of parks.
In the first annual list of the Best Cities for Working Mothers, Austin ranks as number two behind NYC.
Celebrities' Tax Troubles
Wesley Snipes was acquitted Friday of federal tax fraud and conspiracy but he was found guilty on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file a tax return. He could get a later sentence of three years in prison and is liable to pay millions in taxes. This is definitely not the only case of a celeb slipping on his taxes and there are a few innocent — and not so innocent — looking famous faces that have been under the tax gun.
First Arrest (Ever!) For Sexual Harassment in China
Many US employers have been requiring their male and female workers to attend sexual harassment seminars to help prevent nasty lawsuits surrounding the issue. China's companies aren't responsible for harassment among staff, but the country has taken a huge step in the right direction to address the crime of sexual harassment.
The country passed laws banning harassment and domestic violence three years ago, and the first arrest has just been made under these laws.
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