What constitutes embezzlement?
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What constitutes embezzlement?
My former husband and I jointly owned a business. He bought boats with cash jobs that I was not aware of. I knew he had done some cash jobs but the last boat he bought cost a bit over $30,000. I had no idea he had taken that much in cash jobs.
Asked on October 4, 2010 under Criminal Law, Florida
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M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
Embezzlement, by definition, means to willfully take or convert for one's own use, another's money or property, which was acquired legally through either an office or employment or position of trust. Are you trying to imply that he embezzled funds from you, as his partner, even though you state here that you had knowledge of "some cash jobs" but not of others? Did you question the cost of the boat and were the funds came from? I think that you may be in a very difficult position here and that the illegality of the entire situation should be throwing up a big red flag. Did you file joint tax returns? I would seek legal counsel in all of this.
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