

Sat, Nov 08
|Oakmont Library + Virtual Meeting
Financial Crimes - How They Work
Learn how financial crimes cross into other crimes. Taught by Paula Minydzak
Time & Location
Nov 08, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Oakmont Library + Virtual Meeting, 700 Allegheny River Blvd, Oakmont, PA 15139, USA
About the Event
Financial Crimes - How They Work
Learn how financial crimes cross into other crimes. See how you can use them to layer criminal activity within your book. Let's follow the money! -- Taught by Paula Minydzak
Paula Minydzak is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her parents grew up across the street from each other in a small town where most people worked in the steel mills. Their Italian and Slovak families introduced her to ethnic foods, holidays, and religion, which became part of her lifestyle from a very young age. Some of her characters are based on family members and other Pittsburghers.
Written under the pen name Kaia Misk, Paula’s debut novel, The Firstborn Son, became a finalist in the NJ Romance Writers Best First Book category in 2023. Since then, she moved from writing romance to writing suspense. She is an excellent tailor and patternmaker, as shown through her IMDb page listing her costuming work on two full-length films. She currently lives in Pittsburgh with her Norwegian Elkhound, Boss.
You can attend this hybrid even In person at the Oakmont Carnegie Library. Feel free to join us for a brown bag social hour at noon with the program beginning at 1:00.
Or you can attend the webinar online . Note: If you registered for this event, you will recieve a meeting link via email.

