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Embezzlement Defense Lawyers

Embezzlement is a type of fraud involving theft of money from a business or person. In most embezzlement cases the key component to the case is that the defendant was unauthorized to use or have the money in question. A standard embezzlement defense is that the person was in fact authorized to use the data or spend the money. Another defense is that the person did not know their conduct was illegal. A third defense is often that the person charged was himself duped by another person acting in his name. Employers trust employees with sensitive financial and other data regularly and most embezzlement cases have their origin in violation of this trust. Embezzlement can also involve credit card and other financial data used by a person to extract amounts of money or credit without authorization. A good embezzlement defense may turn on the specific type of conduct involved and whether there is reasonable doubt as to whether the person charged was actually the perpetrator.

 

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  • What Is Embezzlement?
    Embezzlement is the act of taking money that has been placed in your trust but belongs to someone else.  For example, someone who works at a bank may secretly steal money that they were … more

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