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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

During the appeal trial, she denied that the RN had any system to embezzle European Parliament funds and has said her party acted in "complete good faith".

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

Brodie sentenced Ng in March, 11 months after jurors found him guilty of helping former Goldman boss Tim Leissner embezzle money from 1MDB, launder the proceeds, and bribe government officials to win business.

From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023

Unfortunately Mr. Haslette rudely slices the knot of his difficulty by making Edmund embezzle money and abscond at the critical point of the story.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman

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

The party has said it will seek to "recover from the guilty party the full amount embezzled" at a proceeds of crime hearing, which is due to take place next month.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Only some of the embezzled goods which formed part of the final charges admitted by the ex-SNP chief executive have been retrieved.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Nicola Sturgeon has said she was "deceived, betrayed and lied to" by her estranged husband Peter Murrell as he embezzled hundreds of thousands of pounds from the SNP.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Murrell, who was SNP chief executive between 2001 and 2023, admitted that he had embezzled more than £400,000 from the party over a 12-year-period.

From BBC ● May 28, 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

It comes after the party's former chief executive Peter Murrell was jailed for more than five years after he admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party over five years.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The former chief executive of the SNP, Peter Murrell, has been jailed for embezzling more than £400,000 in party funds over a 12-year period.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 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 former SNP MP Natalie McGarry was jailed in June 2022 for embezzling £25,000 from Women for Independence and the Glasgow Regional Association she faced a proceeds of crime hearing 15 months later.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 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