| Update On Previous Post Awhile back, in a thread I can't locate, I posted alittle-known story about a chick who embezzled a bunch of money in a bugus BGN team scam.
In digging around I found this update and thought a couple of you might find it interesting: Former Texas stripper gets 40 months in NASCAR embezzlement case AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A former stripper was sentenced to nearly three-and-a-half years in federal prison Friday for attempting to embezzle more than $1 million from a bank to start her own NASCAR racing team. Fatemeh Angela Harkness, 31, of Red Rock, pleaded guilty in January 2004 to conspiring with banker Gary Jones to embezzle more than $1 million from his Austin bank from 2000 to 2003. She received a 40-month sentence. Harkness and Jones used the money to assemble a NASCAR team called Angela's Motorsports. The team, featuring driver Mike McLaughlin, entered cars in the Busch Grand National Series starting in late 2002. Harkness fled to Mexico before her sentencing in 2004 and continued on to the United Arab Emirates. She surrendered last month and was returned to the U.S. for sentencing. Harkness' attorney of record, Rick J. Kennon of Austin, did not immediately return calls for comment. Jones, who pleaded guilty to fraud, theft and embezzlement charges, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison in August 2004.
Maybe the only thing stranger than the AP story above is Angela's Motorsports' Wikipedia entry.
Several entries at Angela's Motorsports at Wikipedia
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