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Embezzlement: An Inside Job

By Steven Rodriguez

Simply put, embezzlement or employee theft is stealing from your employer.  Embezzlement is considered a white collar crime.  It?s the type of crime that has to involve someone with inside knowledge of someone?s finances, because it usually involves moving money around in different accounts which need passwords and so forth.  A crime that can accompany embezzlement is identity theft. Few people, regardless of the amount of money you make, are immune to embezzlement.  Even the wealthy can have problems with family members when it comes to embezzlement.  The half brother of comedian Dane Cook has pleaded not guilty to embezzling millions from the comedian and was ordered held on $3 million bail.  Darryl McCauley was arraigned Wednesday at Woburn District Court on charges including forgery and larceny...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on January 06, 2009 (boomark / email).