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Monday, March 25, 2013  A former police chief in Westminster has been charged with embezzling more than $100,000 from the Oconee County town.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  The former treasurer of a Charleston-area volunteer sports organization is accused of embezzling over $8,000 during her two-year stint.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012  An arrest has been made following an investigation by the State Law Enforcement Division into an accounting discrepancy at the South Carolina Education Lottery that was discovered in early October.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  A woman who pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $500,000 from the South Carolina Hospitality Association is facing her sentencing. A federal judge will consider Tuesday how long Rachel Duncan should stay in prison.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says 40-year-old Torlando Ramont Childress of Hopkins was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Columbia. U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie also ordered Childress to repay more than $377,000 to the bank and its insurance carrier.

Friday, April 08, 2011  U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says 48-year-old Elizabeth Smith pleaded guilty to conversation of public money in Charleston Thursday.