Former funeral director facing 14 felony charges
A former Indianapolis funeral director is facing 14 felony charges for corrupt business influence, forgery and theft after
a grand jury investigation.
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Local funeral home operator in Michigan jail
Robert Nelms will spend at least a month in jail until the sale of Memory Gardens Management Corp. is complete. He is awaiting
sentencing in Michigan and faces up to three years in prison.
Judge rejects controversial Guidant plea agreement
The deal included a $296 million criminal fine, but no charges against executives who failed to properly report problems with the company's defibrillators.
Fraud scheme nets Indianapolis man 15 years in Texas
Louis Simpson bilked investors of $948,500 by claiming to operate a program with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Memory Gardens manager sought $3.2M, awarded $175,000
A Johnson County judge approved the reduced amount, which was agreed upon during mediation. The settlement brings funeral
home and
cemetery business a step closer to being sold.
Penrod Society thief sentenced to five years
Marion County Superior Court Judge Stanley Kroh sentenced Brandon Benker to three years in prison and two years in a Community
Corrections program, in which he may be assigned to work release or home detention. Benker stole more than $380,000 from the
group in 2008.
Judge OKs sale of cemetery, funeral home company
Pennsylvania company is one step closer to purchasing the Indianapolis-based Memory Gardens Management Corp., whose former
owner pleaded guilty to theft and securities fraud.
Schrenker: ‘Data’ show he tried to fake own death
A former Fishers money manager facing fraud charges acknowledges in a newspaper interview that evidence indicates he was trying
to
fake his own death when he parachuted from his private plane that later crashed in a Florida swamp.
Not guilty plea entered for ex-IU player Leary
A judge has entered a preliminary not guilty plea for a former Indiana University basketball player charged in connection
with an ex-business partner’s multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.
Judge pushes back Schrenker’s securities fraud trial
A defense attorney and prosecutors have agreed to delay the trial on securities fraud charges of a former Indiana money manager
who tried to fake his death by jumping from a small plane before it crashed in Florida.
Former attorney sentenced in fraud case
A former attorney who pleaded guilty to mail fraud has been sentenced to three years probation for submitting inflated bids
on foreclosed homes to the company for which he worked and pocketing the difference.
Indy man gets 2 years for extorting insurance firm
Kevin Stewart stole a computer server that contained the names and confidential information of 900,000 people.
Former cemetery owner avoids prison time
Robert E. Nelms received an eight-year sentence that will be served through a community corrections program after pleading
guilty to theft and securities fraud.
Johnson County woman guilty of securities fraud
Wanda Robertson was sentenced to eight years in prison, with four years suspended, after pleading guilty Wednesday.
Madison County embezzler gets two-year prison term
The former business manger of a central Indiana factory has been sentenced to two years in prison for embezzling $700,000.
Local funeral home operator interested in troubled Memory Gardens
Indianapolis-based Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service & Crematory is one of two companies that have emerged as potential
suitors of the embattled Memory Gardens Management Corp.
Criminal charges possible in Premier blowup
Authorities are considering pursuing criminal charges against Christopher P. White and other executives at Premier Properties
USA Inc. in connection with deepening troubles at the local development firm, sources familiar with the matter told IBJ.
Former bank manager pleads guilty to theft, arson
A former assistant manager of a Fifth Third Bank branch in Indianapolis has pleaded guilty to setting fire to the bank vault
in an attempt to cover his thefts.
Greenwood man admits stealing cemetery funds
A man admits embezzling about $4.2 million in perpetual-care trust funds from a Michigan cemetery operated by his Indianapolis-based
company.
Ex-Lampoon exec Dan Laikin admits to stock fraud
Carmel businessman Dan Laikin pleaded guilty this afternoon to participating in a fraudulent scheme to pump up the stock price
of National Lampoon Inc., the Los Angeles-based entertainment company he led.