Can I be charged for embezzlement by a worker of a company, rather than the company itself?
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Can I be charged for embezzlement by a worker of a company, rather than the company itself?
The store manager is trying to press charges.
Asked on September 1, 2011 Virginia
Answers:
S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
You can be charged with embezzlement by the store manager.
Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation to your own use or benefit of property or money entrusted to you by another, by a clerk, agent, trustee, public officer or other person acting in a fiduciary character.
The store manager entrusted you with money which if you misappropriated it would constitute embezzlement. The store manager in the above definition of embezzlement would be "another" or an agent of the store. Therefore, the store manager could charge you with embezzlement.
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