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EDINBURGH—A political operative’s yearslong scheme to embezzle party funds has become a source of anger and embarrassment in Scotland, but not entirely for the reasons you might think.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

They accused several people of orchestrating a scheme to embezzle money in Ukraine's energy sector, including at the national nuclear opertor Energoatom.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

The wife of Ali Bongo, whose family ruled the central African country with an iron fist for 55 years, had been accused of manipulating her husband to embezzle taxpayers' money.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

Federal prosecutors allege Navarro set up a sham charity, called the United Latino Foundation, to embezzle money for his personal use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

P: It is not for any prophet to embezzle.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But if a mom and pop own a dry cleaner and someone embezzles or steals $175,000 from them and they don’t get their money back, they’re done.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2017

One of the objectors embezzles money and excitement surges to the rescue.

From Time Magazine Archive

Men do not perpetrate crimes for the sake of light o' loves like Musette, unless, indeed, some wretched youth embezzles money to buy jewellery for his divinity.

From The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume

You say the mouth embezzles all, The fruit of your exertion; But I on this assembly call To prove the base assertion.

From Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress by Marmaduke Park

Murrell embezzled £400,000 from the SNP over a 12-year period, using the money to buy more than 1,000 items including jewellery, cosmetics and two cars.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon spoke exclusively and in detail to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg about the £400,000 embezzled by her estranged husband.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

At a future date a special court hearing will look at recovering the embezzled money.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Court documents show that after this £70.89 outlay Murrell made a total of 1,066 purchases using embezzled SNP cash between 2010 and October 2022.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

But there was a man who’d embezzled money from Grandpa Vaughan’s estate after he died and whom Rosa then sued in civil court.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Nicola Sturgeon said she has not spoken to her estranged husband since he was jailed for embezzling more than £400,000 from the SNP while serving as its chief executive.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Li Jianping, a former Inner Mongolia official, was executed in 2024 for embezzling and taking bribes totaling more than 3bn yuan.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Within weeks the party was rocked by a scandal surrounding former chief executive Peter Murrell, who admitted in court to embezzling more than £400,000 of SNP funds over a 12-year period.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

In a lawsuit of his own, the investor accused Ghaffar of embezzling assets to fund an extravagant lifestyle for himself and his family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

After Scott had set up his congregation, he found that Komo was embezzling money from people who were contributing to the fight against the removal.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela