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This Is Your Last Chance to Own (or Gift!) a Piece of Koss Embezzlement History

Posted on by Caleb Newquist

As you know, convicted embezzling-mother-of-all-hoarders, Sue Sachdeva, had a bit of a shopping problem. She did her damnedest to spend all of $30+ million that she stole from headphone cobbler Koss, but now that she's resting comfortably in Danbury, all that loot needs a home. Back in December, we were tipped to an auction that was unloading much of her wardrobe including plenty of fancy undergarments. This spring, we've received word of the last fire sale being hosted (I'll explain) by Ivana's Trunk in Mequon, Wisconsin, and the items available will be perfect for wedding season. 

High-End Luxury Couture Discounted 50-75% off retail prices including: housewares, china, crystal, sterling silver, furniture/decorative items, linens, shoes, clothing, luggage, electronics, figurines, and art. Many items still in the original packaging.

BRANDS INCLUDE
St. John Couture Home, Jay Strongwater, Daum Crystal, Waterford, Michael Wainwright, L'Objet, Arthur Court, Nambe, Kim Seybert, Michael Aram, Le Creuset, and Bodum. Sferra Linens. Clothing by Chanel, St. John Couture, Peggy Jennings, and LaFayette 128. Shoes by Manolo Blahnik, Michael Kors, Stuart Weitzman, Donald Pliner, and Bettye Muller. Tumi, Bric, and Fendi Luggage. Lladro Figurines.
The sale runs from April 20th to April 22nd, and as for the location, well, it's currently being kept secret for "security reasons" and it will be released on April 15th on Ivana's website and in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's classifieds. This seems odd, but it's possible that there could be a bum-rush by the Koss family who is looking to recoup some of the loot and then mark it up at their own spring garage sale. It's a theory anyway.

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Mark Schreiber, a former controller of fitness guru Tony Little’s business empire, has been accused of embezzling nearly $600k by forging Little’s signature. Apparently Schreiber was involved in some “online horse wagering” which must not have gone too well since he ended up…stealing money (allegedly).

According to T. Little’s lawyer, Latour “L.T.” Lafferty, the $600k is pocket change to his client but he’ll be damned if they aren’t going to pursue every means necessary to get every cent back:

“We’re certainly going to pursue any legal avenues to recover every cent that was taken from Mr. Little,” said his attorney, Latour “L.T.” Lafferty. “It doesn’t impact the financial well-being of Mr. Little. But certainly it’s a significant blow and a serious breach of Mr. Schreiber’s place as controller of his business operations.”

Since TL is a man of health and fitness and not of numbers, it’s not surprising that he’s found himself in this conundrum but he did have his suspicions:

Little realized something was amiss last year, according to court records, when he moved to fire Schreiber as a controller overseeing his Pinellas Park companies’ finances. He was dissatisfied with Schreiber, records show. He set up a July 27, 2010, meeting.

But before they could meet, Schreiber sent an e-mail: “I quit.”

After Little’s new accountant had been poking around for awhile, it was pretty obvious things weren’t kosher. They called in a forensic expert who discovered that 152 checks were drawn over 11 months to the sum of $583,379.

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Poor BDO, they never get in the news. But hey, they do today!

Former BDO partner George Mark got off easy this week when U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer said he didn’t deserve to go to jail thanks to his “extraordinary” charitable efforts and remorse for his actions. Mark’s tax evasion was uncovered during an investigation into Pennsylvania beverage company Le-Nature’s, who apparently specialized in nepotism, ass water and fraud.

Mark will instead serve two years of probation and pay a fine of $30,000.

A federal jury recently found Le-Nature’s former president Robert B. Lynn guilty of 10 counts of bank fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy. The jury found him not guilty on 10 additional fraud counts and deadlocked on five others, which left Senior U.S. District Judge Alan Bloch Jr. no other choice than to declare a mistrial on the remaining charges. The company’s CEO Gregory Podlucky and other company officers are facing prison for their part of a $37 million fraud.

While investigating Le-Nature’s ugly mess, the IRS found out that Mark declared fake travel expenses on his 2004, 2005 and 2006 tax returns for about $90,000. The IRS determined that Mark was living the gangsta lifestyle out in the Philly ‘burbs, rented an apartment in NYC, traveled a lot and owned a few luxury cars.

The U.S. attorney’s office had hoped the judge would come down with jail time in order to convince would-be tax cheats that this is serious business but the judge felt Mark’s volunteer efforts for Hope International and other charities was sufficient proof that he wasn’t all that bad of a guy, perhaps just a little misguided.

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E&Y audited Le-Nature’s until BDO took over. “E&Y was aware that Podlucky could single-handedly influence or manipulate the company’s financial results …” charged the lawsuit. The company basically made up $240 million in revenue and BDO auditors declared the company’s financials were free of material misstatements. FAIL.

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