Embezzlement is the Crime that will Give Bill Aylward the most Prison Time
By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com
Beaumont Finance Director Bill Aylward has a reason to be concerned about proving embezzlement since it is the crime that will give him the most prison time.
Fraud is the crime that’s difficult to prove: “an intentional lie for the purpose of deceit”. I wrote the article about fraud regarding the Wastewater Treatment Plant because I was asked specifically about proving fraud. http://patch.com/california/banning-beaumont/beaumonts-wastewater-treatment-plant-claim-fraud-0
The purpose of going through the effort of fraud is to facility embezzlement. Fraud is difficult to prove, but embezzlement is easy to prove because taxpayer money is electronically transferred.
Embezzlement Definition:
Fraudulent taking of personal property by someone to whom it was entrusted. Most often associated with the misappropriation of money. Embezzlement can occur regardless of whether the defendant keeps the personal property or transfers it to a third party.
Proof of embezzlement is the money trail. A person can embezzle without committing fraud, but no one defrauds without also embezzling.
Government funds are allocated for specific purposes. When hundreds of millions of dollars have been allocated to build the infrastructure there has to be infrastructure in place after the money has been spent.
Proof of embezzlement is Union Bank transferring of $4.4 million to Urban Logic Accounts through the 2001 wastewater bond fund accounts.
Proof of embezzlement is the General Ledger showing all the State Gas Tax money paid to urban logic.
Proof of embezzlement are the Urban Logic electronic transfers and the checks issued to General Government Management Services and MOKRAY and all the other shell corporations created to defraud and embezzle money.
It doesn’t matter that Beaumont Staff carried the money out the front door; when Gas Tax money is paid to ‘consultants’ instead of fixing roads and sidewalks the money is being embezzled.
When one of Staff’s shell companies turn in an inflated invoice it’s fraud for the purpose of embezzlement.
“Embezzlement can occur regardless of whether the defendant keeps the personal property or transfers it to a third party.”
Kapanicas might be primarily responsible for the fraud, but as Beaumont Finance Director; Bill Aylward is responsible for facilitating the embezzlement. With the additional laws governing CPA licenses, Aylward will probably get more prison time than Kapanicas.