Year In Review : 2011 - Year of the Felony

Among the crimes reported during the year, former Harold M. Pitman Co. CFO John Eichner pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion stemming from a $2 million embezzlement scheme. In August, he was sentenced to 56 months in prison.

Brian Steele, the former controller for Dataflow Inc., was sentenced to concurrent sentences that could see him spend 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $1 million from the Binghamton, NY, printer. Steele forged company checks, made fraudulent wire transfers of Dataflow’s funds, set up phony credit card accounts and took petty cash. He reportedly doctored the books to hide the crimes.