embezzlement

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City Councilman Curren Price to trial on embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest charges.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Among the charges levelled at Damiba by Burkina Faso's military government are "criminal embezzlement of public funds, illicit enrichment, corruption, aggravated receiving of stolen goods and money laundering", said Togo's justice ministry in a statement.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

American writer O. Henry, hiding in Honduras to avoid embezzlement charges back home, coined the term for such places: “banana republic External link.”

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

Years later he was extradited to Serbia and put into Belgrade Central Prison to face charges of embezzlement.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady