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embezzlement
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embezzlement A form of theft in which an employee dishonestly appropriates money or property given to him or her on behalf of an employer. The special offence of embezzlement ceased to exist in 1969.
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Embezzlement: A sad reality
Magazine article from: Vermont Business Magazine; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Greater Burlington YMCA, knows what embezzlement costs. Fresh in his new position at...the YMCA is just one of many cases of embezzlement counted in 2003, for which the total...t in yet, but those who deal with embezzlement say it is increasing in Vermont. In...
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Embezzlement not uncommon in higher education
News Wire article from: University Wire; 12/6/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Mass. -- The words "fraud" and "embezzlement" bring to mind former Enron CEO Kenneth...last month, students were exposed to embezzlement within the context of a university...In recent years, cases of fraud and embezzlement have gained greater attention on the...
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Halifax Announces Fiscal 1999 Financial Results, Reports on Embezzlement And Restates Prior Year Financials; Preliminary Q1 2000 Results Are Also Announced.
PR Newswire; 9/8/1999; 700+ words
; ...reconstruction process associated with the embezzlement of funds by a former employee of the...financial results for 1998 and 1997. The embezzlement was first reported by Halifax in mid...May, the Company reported that the embezzlement was likely to have a material effect...
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Halifax Reports Embezzlement.
PR Newswire; 3/18/1999; 700+ words
; ...investigation has revealed an apparent material embezzlement by a former employee in one of the...investigate the nature and amount of the embezzlement. The Company has entered into an agreement...former employee responsible for the embezzlement under the terms of which she has agreed...
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Auditors Inc. Offers Embezzlement 101: How To Steal From Your Employer and NOT Get Caught!; Auditors Inc. Raising Awareness About Detection and Prevention of Employee Embezzlement.
Business Wire; 10/5/2005; 700+ words
; ...Wheaton-based Auditors Inc. (www.embezzlement.com), announced today the availability...its anti-fiscal theft guide -- "Embezzlement 101: How To Embezzle From Your Employer...trusted employees as a major reason for embezzlement underreporting. Ruth Crane is the...
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Embezzlement & depositors forgery
Magazine article from: Rough Notes; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...be the subject of a future article. Embezzlement and depositors forgery losses can occur...insurance agencies. In fact, a couple of embezzlement losses we know of involved insurance...At another insurance agency an embezzlement was discovered at the time the agency...
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Steps to Minimizing Practice Embezzlement
Magazine article from: Dermatology Times; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...creating an environment that thwarts theft and embezzlement. Physicians have reason to practice "safe hiring...implement to prevent employee theft. How to prevent embezzlement Embezzlement often results from an employee's circumstances...
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EMBEZZLEMENT: A Crime of Opportunity
Magazine article from: Dental Assistant; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...help minimize damage to a practice. Embezzlement generally is defined as the intentional...duties. If you suspect an employee of embezzlement, you must be aware of your legal options...an effective method used to prevent embezzlement. It is important to ensure people...
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Embezzlement Plagues Many Churches; Trust, Lack of Oversight Leave Nonprofits Vulnerable to Theft, Experts Say
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/12/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...and other nonprofits also have had embezzlement controversies. Nonprofits can be particularly...financial controls and oversight. The embezzlement at St. Bede is one of dozens of high...include theft by outsiders as well as embezzlement. Most cases of church embezzlement...
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Preventing Corporate Embezzlement.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Security Management; 3/1/2005; 523 words
; PREVENTING CORPORATE EMBEZZLEMENT Paul Shaw and Jack Bologna Butterworth...Heinemann Next to internal theft, embezzlement is the most common crime against...extent of workplace theft and how embezzlement is carried out. Managers, auditors...
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Embezzlement
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
EMBEZZLEMENT The fraudulent conversion of another...trust, such as an agent or employee. Embezzlement is distinguished from swindling in...property. Nature There was no crime of embezzlement under the common law. It is a statutory...
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embezzlement
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
embezzlement wrongful use, for one's own selfish...the United States that either made embezzlement a distinct crime or enlarged the definition...In most states of the United States embezzlement is a felony . Under acts of Congress...
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White-Collar Crime
Book article from: Crime, Prisons, and Jails
...commodities fraud, bank fraud and embezzlement, environmental crimes, fraud against...hacking into a database (5.6), embezzlement (5.58), overcharging for insurance...were for fraud, and 18,970 were for embezzlement. (See Table 1.4 in Chapter 1...
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Crime and Fraud
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2nd ed.
...the most common are abuse of power, embezzlement, misuse of business time, computer...business a considerable amount of money. Embezzlement One of the most common internal criminal...or external audits. Examples of embezzlement warning signs may be viewed on the...
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Larceny
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...which the theft was accomplished. embezzlement was created in the eighteenth century...that money for his or her own use. Embezzlement was punished more severely than larceny...larceny, stealing, purloining, embezzlement, obtaining money or property by false...
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