Penrod Society sues ex-treasurer for $380,000
The Penrod Society has filed a lawsuit against former treasurer Brandon Benker, seeking to recover more than $380,000 it alleges
he embezzled last year.
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Penrod Society sues ex-treasurer for $380,000
The Penrod Society has filed a lawsuit against former treasurer Brandon Benker, seeking to recover
more than $380,000 it alleges he embezzled last year.
Cemetery owner to plead guilty to theft, fraud
A cemetery owner set to go on trial Monday has agreed to plead guilty to theft and securities fraud.
Noblesville man sentenced for mortgage fraud
A Noblesville man was sentenced to one year of home detention yesterday after pleading guilty to mortgage fraud in federal
court. Marvin G. Hampton also was ordered to pay $262,424.76 in restitution to three lending institutions.
Dan Laikin on sidelines as others admit guilt in stock-manipulation scheme
Carmel businessman Dan Laikin finds himself in the awkward spot of denying wrongdoing at the same time the three men accused
of conspiring with him in a stock-manipulation scheme are admitting guilt.
Memory Gardens lawsuit seeks $20 million
An Indianapolis law firm has filed a class-action suit seeking more than $20 million from a pair of financial-services firms
it says facilitated the transactions that allowed a New Jersey couple to plunder cemetery trust funds. Cohen & Malad LLP filed
the lawsuit late last month on behalf of thousands of customers of Indianapolis-based Memory Gardens Management Corp., which
owns Memory Gardens in Greenwood, Lincoln Memory Gardens in Boone County and other cemeteries. The defendants are the company,
New York-based…
Funeral operator slapped with criminal charges
The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office filed criminal charges today relating
to the status of trust funds set aside to pay funeral expenses and cemetery maintenance for a string of Indiana cemeteries.
Funeral family asks court to intervene in dispute
A family that once owned Forest Lawn Memory Gardens and Funeral Home in Greenwood has asked
a Johnson County court to put the business into receivership amid questions about the status of trust funds set aside to pay
funeral expenses and maintenance.