Rights group: prominent Darfur activist sentenced to a year in prison on embezzlement charges. A rights group said Saturday that a prominent Darfur activist was sentenced to one year in prison and fined on embezzlement charges. He was acquitted on the same charges earlier.

The Japanese fisheries agency has warned officials not to accept whale meat as gifts from whalers, amid embezzlement allegations involving tax-funded whaling programmes, reports said Wednesday.

International court prosecutor: Sudan President Al-Bashir has siphoned off billions of dollars. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Saturday he has evidence Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has stolen billions of dollars from his impoverished country.

Calif. woman charged with embezzling $2.1 million from church where she worked for 13 years. A former bookkeeper is facing charges of stealing at least $2.1 million from the California church where she worked for 13 years.

Russian doctor who called Putin about staged hospital show feared dismissal. A Russian cardiologist said he feared dismissal and beating after phoning Vladimir Putin to say that an impressive hospital display for the premier was faked. And then, Putin called him back.

A South Korean appeals court Thursday upheld a suspended prison term for a scientist whose claims of stem-cell breakthroughs rocked the scientific world until his research was found to be faked.

South Korean appeals court upholds fraud conviction of disgraced cloning scientist. An appeals court ruled Thursday to uphold most of the fraud convictions against a South Korean scientist disgraced in a cloning scandal that shook the international scientific community.

An appeals court ruled Thursday to uphold most of the fraud convictions against a South Korean scientist disgraced in a cloning scandal that shook the international scientific community.

NY state Sen. Pedro Espada pleads not guilty to taking funds from NYC health clinic he founded. A New York state senator who was the Senate's Democratic leader and his son have pleaded not guilty to charges they embezzled more than $500,000 from their New York City health clinic.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Catholic nun with a reputation for gambling trips to Atlantic City was accused of embezzling more than $850,000 from a college where she oversaw the school's finances, officials said on Friday.

Cambodia's Prince Norodom Ranariddh returns from 2-year retirement to lead his political party. Prince Norodom Ranariddh, a key leader in post-civil war Cambodia, has returned from two years of retirement to lead the party bearing his name ahead of upcoming elections, a spokesman said Sunday.

Wash. serial embezzler gets 6 years in prison for stealing $516K from 3rd employer. Dale Frantz claimed he was a changed man after he was convicted of embezzling from his employers in Indiana. So a Tacoma, Wash., company hired him and eventually promoted him to chief information officer.

Catholic nun who ran NY college's finances accused of embezzling more than $850,000. A Catholic nun who ran a suburban New York City college's finances embezzled more than $850,000 and spent it on herself, federal prosecutors said Friday. The U.S. attorney in Manhattan said Sister Marie Thornton used Iona College funds for her personal expenses from 1999 to 2009. As vice president of finance, she submitted false invoices and had Iona pay her credit card bills, the complaint said. It did not detail her expenses.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Catholic nun with a reputation for gambling trips to Atlantic City was accused of embezzling more than $850,000 from a college where she oversaw the school's finances, officials said on Friday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Catholic nun with a reputation for gambling trips to Atlantic City was accused of embezzling more than $850,000 from a college where she oversaw the school's finances, officials said on Friday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Catholic nun with a reputation for gambling trips to Atlantic City was accused of embezzling more than $1.2 million from a college where she oversaw the school's finances, officials said on Friday.

Mass. court to decide how much Dane Cook's sister-in-law will have to pay the comedian. A Massachusetts court has scheduled a hearing Friday to consider how much comedian Dane Cook's sister-in-law will have to pay the entertainer under a $12 million restitution order.

The Burundian government Monday slammed an anti-graft watchdog that alleged ministers embezzled millions of dollars in the purchase of military equipment from a Ukraine company.

The Australian boss of a travel company based in southern China has been charged with embezzlement, foreign ministry officials in Canberra said Thursday, stressing their "strong interest" in his case.

Australia says travel services CEO charged with embezzlement in China, gov't monitoring case. An Australian businessman detained last month in southern China has been charged with embezzlement, Australia's government confirmed Thursday.