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In a first-of-its-kind report released in April, the U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated the federal government loses between $233 to $521 billion yearly to fraud. The study concluded ...
In criminal law, misappropriation is the intentional, illegal use of the property or funds of another person for one's own use or other unauthorized purpose, particularly by a public official, a trustee of a trust, an executor or administrator of a deceased person's estate or by any person with a responsibility to care for and protect another's assets (a fiduciary duty).
The Act exempts the following categories of regulation from the compensation/waiver requirement: (1) laws intended to protect the public health and safety (e.g. building codes, health and sanitation laws, transportation and traffic control, solid and hazardous waste regulations, and pollution controls); (2) law that “[l]imit or prohibit the ...
Corruption in local government refers to the misuse of public office and resources by individuals in positions of power at the local level for personal gain or the benefit of select groups. It involves the abuse of entrusted authority, bribery, embezzlement, fraud, nepotism, and other forms of illicit activities that undermine the integrity and ...
One of the responsibilities of the Maricopa County Recorder's Office is the recordation and maintenance of public documents. These public records include an array of documents but the vast majority are real-estate related. The Office records approximately 1 million documents annually and interacts with 3,000 to 5,000 customers on a daily basis. [9]
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When embezzlement occurs as a form of theft, distinguishing between embezzlement and larceny can be tricky. [4] Making the distinction is particularly difficult when dealing with misappropriations of property by employees. To prove embezzlement, the state must show that the employee had possession of the goods "by virtue of his or her ...
Shannon Foskey was arrested Wednesday by Virginia State Police at her office and is scheduled to be in court next week to answer the charges