embezzlement

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In 2024, a Lithuanian court sentenced Antonov in absentia to 10.5 years in prison for embezzlement.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Mayor of Turkey's largest and richest city until his arrest, Imamoglu is facing allegations ranging from graft to embezzlement and espionage, alongside 407 other defendants, in an indictment that runs nearly 4,000 pages.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

Amy Knox, the former chief operating officer of Harm Reduction-SD, was charged with three felony counts of misappropriating public money and three felony counts of embezzlement.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

For more than a decade, he exposed alleged corruption and embezzlement among senior Russian officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

The word testifying is almost as scary as embezzlement.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller