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A Clear Example of Embezzlement

By Crim Editor

Embezzlement is a big word that can get lost in its long-winded defition. Perhaps the best way to illustrate what is considered embezzlement is through an example. And WILX in Lansing, Mich., recently provided one. In Jackson County, Mich., former attorney Richard McQuillan was charged with emebzzlement after it was discovered that he mis-appropriated almost $1 million from the estate of a deceased man for his own use. As administrator of the estate, McQuillan had legal access to the money. He committed the crime of embezzlement when he diverted money and property for his own use. To take an example from another case mentioned in the story, one embezzler wired money from a trust to a casino. Other times the emebezzler might simply transfer bonds or stocks to his own name...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on March 03, 2009 (boomark / email).