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Embezzlement

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Embezzlement is the act of withholding assets for the purpose of conversion (theft) of such assets, by one or more persons to whom the assets were entrusted, either to be held or to be used for specific purposes. [1]

50 relations: Allen Stanford, Aramark, Asset, Avo Viiol, Cash register, Charles Ponzi, Check register, Chose, Conversion (law), Corruption charges against Suharto, Courts of North Carolina, Criminal conversion, Defalcation, Department store, Financial adviser, Fraud, Funding, Graft (politics), Harriette Walters, Income, Indentured servitude, Internal control, Invoice, Larceny, Larceny Act 1916, Lawyer, Liquidation, Madoff investment scandal, Marriage, Misappropriation, Misprision of felony, Mukhtar Ablyazov, Political economy, Ponzi scheme, Property, Real property, Scott W. Rothstein, Separation of duties, Sponsorship scandal, Statutory law, The Route of the K-Money, Theft, Theft Act 1968, Tom Petters, Toni Musulin, Trespass, Vending machine, Wealth, White-collar crime, 2011 Iranian embezzlement scandal.

Allen Stanford

Robert Allen Stanford (born March 24, 1950) is an American former financier and sponsor of professional sports who is serving a 110-year federal prison sentence, having been convicted of charges that his investment company was a massive Ponzi scheme and fraud.

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Aramark

Aramark Corporation, known commonly as Aramark, is an American food service, facilities, and uniform services provider to clients in fields including education, healthcare, business, corrections, and leisure.

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Asset

In financial accounting, an asset is an economic resource.

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Avo Viiol

Avo Viiol (born 1958), sometimes also spelled as Aavo Viiol, is a former head of Estonian Culture Fund and a famous Estonian embezzler.

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Cash register

A cash register, also referred to as a till in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, is a mechanical or electronic device for registering and calculating transactions at a point of sale.

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Charles Ponzi

Charles Ponzi, (born Carlo Pietro Giovanni Guglielmo Tebaldo Ponzi; March 3, 1882 – January 18, 1949), was an Italian swindler and con artist in the U.S. and Canada.

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Check register

In accounting a check register is a document, usually part of the general ledger, used to record financial transactions in cash.

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Chose

Chose (pronounced:, French for "thing") is a term used in common law tradition to refer to rights in property, specifically a combined bundle of rights.

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Conversion (law)

Conversion is an intentional tort consisting of "taking with the intent of exercising over the chattel an ownership inconsistent with the real owner's right of possession".

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Corruption charges against Suharto

Investigation on charges of corruption against Indonesian second president Suharto mainly focused on corruption he was made during his 32-years rule.

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Courts of North Carolina

Courts of North Carolina include:;State courts of North Carolina.

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Criminal conversion

Criminal conversion is a crime, limited to parts of common law systems outside England and Wales, of exerting unauthorized use or control of someone else's property, at a minimum personal property, but in some jurisdictions also applying to types of real property, such as land (to squatting or holding over) or to patents, design rights and trademarks.

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Defalcation

Defalcation is misappropriation of funds by a person trusted with its charge; also, the act of misappropriation, or an instance thereof.

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Department store

A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different product categories known as "departments".

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Financial adviser

A financial adviser is a professional who suggests and renders financial services to clients based on their financial situation.

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Fraud

In law, fraud is deliberate deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right.

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Funding

Funding is the act of providing financial resources, usually in the form of money, or other values such as effort or time, to finance a need, program, and project, usually by an organization or company.

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Graft (politics)

Graft, as understood in American English, is a form of political corruption, being the unscrupulous use of a politician's authority for personal gain.

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Harriette Walters

Harriette Walters served as a tax assessments manager for the District of Columbia.

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Income

Income is the consumption and savings opportunity gained by an entity within a specified timeframe, which is generally expressed in monetary terms.

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Indentured servitude

An indentured servant or indentured laborer is an employee (indenturee) within a system of unfree labor who is bound by a signed or forced contract (indenture) to work for a particular employer for a fixed time.

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Internal control

Internal control, as defined in accounting and auditing, is a process for assuring achievement of an organization's objectives in operational effectiveness and efficiency, reliable financial reporting, and compliance with laws, regulations and policies.

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Invoice

An invoice, bill or tab is a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer, relating to a sale transaction and indicating the products, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services the seller had provided the buyer.

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Larceny

Larceny is a crime involving the unlawful taking of the personal property of another person or business.

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Larceny Act 1916

The Larceny Act 1916 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Lawyer

A lawyer or attorney is a person who practices law, as an advocate, attorney, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor at law, or solicitor, but not as a paralegal or charter executive secretary.

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Liquidation

In United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and United States law and business, liquidation is the process by which a company is brought to an end.

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Madoff investment scandal

The Madoff investment scandal was a major case of stock and securities fraud discovered in late 2008.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Misappropriation

In law, misappropriation is the unauthorized use of another's name, likeness, or identity without that person's permission, resulting in harm to that person.

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Misprision of felony

Misprision of felony is an offence under the common law of England that is no longer active in many common law countries.

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Mukhtar Ablyazov

Mukhtar Kabyluly Ablyazov translit, born 16 May 1963) is a Kazakh dissident, politician, businessman, and banker accused of embezzling and mismanaging $6 billion of bank assets while serving as bank chairman in one of the biggest financial frauds in history. He was the founder of Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK), a political party that disbanded in 2005. He is also the author of Ablyazov against Nazarbayev. Ablyazov is alleged to have embezzled $6 billion from BTA Bank while serving as chairman. From July 2013 to December 2016, Ablyazov was detained by French authorities,, Agence France-Presse (December 10, 2016). as Russia sought Ablyazov's extradition from France, but Ablyazov argued that extradition would place him at risk of ill-treatment and an unfair trial. Human rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as well as many members of the European Parliament, wrote in opposition to extradition of Ablyazov. In 2015, a French court in Lyon issued an extradition order.Jim Armitage,, The Independent (October 12, 2015). However, in December 2016, France's highest administrative court, the Conseil d'Etat, canceled the extradition order, on the ground that Russia had a political motive in making the extradition request., Reuters (December 9, 2016). Ablyazov was released from the Fleury-Mérogis Prison. Latvian MEP Iveta Grigule-Pēterse warned European Union NGOs and advocacy groups to scrutinize the source of the funds or donations received, citing Ablyazov's use of allegedly embezzled BTA Bank funds to underwrite PR campaigns to minimize Ablyazov's fraud and to present Ablysov as a political dissident.

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Political economy

Political economy is the study of production and trade and their relations with law, custom and government; and with the distribution of national income and wealth.

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Ponzi scheme

A Ponzi scheme (also a Ponzi game) is a form of fraud in which a purported businessman lures investors and pays profits to earlier investors using funds obtained from newer investors.

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Property

Property, in the abstract, is what belongs to or with something, whether as an attribute or as a component of said thing.

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Real property

In English common law, real property, real estate, realty, or immovable property is land which is the property of some person and all structures (also called improvements or fixtures) integrated with or affixed to the land, including crops, buildings, machinery, wells, dams, ponds, mines, canals, and roads, among other things.

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Scott W. Rothstein

Scott W. Rothstein (born June 10, 1962) is a disbarred lawyer and the former managing shareholder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm.

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Separation of duties

Separation of duties (SoD)(Also known as Segregation of Duties) is the concept of having more than one person required to complete a task.

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Sponsorship scandal

The sponsorship scandal, AdScam or Sponsorgate, is a scandal that came as a result of a Canadian federal government "sponsorship program" in the province of Quebec and involving the Liberal Party of Canada, which was in power from 1993 to 2006.

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Statutory law

Statutory law or statute law is written law set down by a body of legislature or by a singular legislator (in the case of absolute monarchy).

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The Route of the K-Money

The Route of the K-Money (La ruta del dinero K; "K" stands for "Kirchnerism") was a 2013 political scandal in Argentina.

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Theft

In common usage, theft is the taking of another person's property or services without that person's permission or consent with the intent to deprive the rightful owner of it.

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Theft Act 1968

The Theft Act 1968 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Tom Petters

Thomas Joseph Petters is an American businessman and the chairman and CEO of Petters Group Worldwide who was convicted of massive business fraud in 2009 and is now imprisoned at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth.

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Toni Musulin

Toni Musulin (born 8 June 1970) is a French man of Serb and Croat origins, and a former security van driver for the Loomis security firm.

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Trespass

Trespass is an area of criminal law or tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels and trespass to land.

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Vending machine

A vending machine is an automated machine that provides items such as snacks, beverages, cigarettes and lottery tickets to consumers after money, a credit card, or specially designed card is inserted into the machine.

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Wealth

Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or valuable material possessions.

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White-collar crime

White-collar crime refers to financially motivated, nonviolent crime committed by business and government professionals.

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2011 Iranian embezzlement scandal

The 3,000 billion toman embezzlement in Iran (also 2,800 billion embezzlement; approximately US$943.5 million) was a fraud involving the use of forged documents to obtain credit from at least seven Iranian state and private banks to purchase state-owned companies.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embezzlement

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