embezzlers
Crooked company accountants
Embezzlers are people who steal money or property entrusted to their care, typically from an employer or organization.
The crime requires a position of trust—accountants, treasurers, or executives who divert funds they're authorized to handle: The embezzlers had siphoned off millions before anyone noticed the discrepancy.
Passing lightly over
- siphoningDrawing liquid through tube
- diversionRedirection of attention
- pocketingTaking and keeping covertly
- launderingCleaning fabric items
Wrongful taking of entrusted assets
- defalcationMisappropriation of entrusted funds
- peculationTheft of entrusted assets
- siphoningDrawing liquid through tube
- skimmingPassing lightly over
fraud · falsification · forgery · kickbacks
Criminal deceiver for gain
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- thiefOne who steals
- crookBent implement or criminal
- con-artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
insider · treasurer · CFO · bookkeeper · fiduciary · trustee · banker
One who breaks allegiance
- traitorOne who betrays allegiance
- backstabberDisloyal pretend ally
- deceiverOne who tricks others
- double-dealerOne feigning loyalty falsely
disloyalty · treachery · Judas · snake
Pursuing legal charges
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- convictionFirmly held belief
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- prisonConfinement for offenders
disgrace · audit · investigation · exposure · arrest · sentencing · forfeiture · disbarment
skimming
Passing lightly over
misappropriation
Wrongful taking of entrusted assets
- defalcationMisappropriation of entrusted funds
- peculationTheft of entrusted assets
- siphoningDrawing liquid through tube
skimming · fraud · falsification · forgery · kickbacks
fraudster
Criminal deceiver for gain
con-artist · insider · treasurer · CFO · bookkeeper · fiduciary · trustee · banker
betrayer
One who breaks allegiance
- traitorOne who betrays allegiance
- backstabberDisloyal pretend ally
- deceiverOne who tricks others
double-dealer · disloyalty · treachery · Judas · snake
prosecution
Pursuing legal charges
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- convictionFirmly held belief
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
prison · disgrace · audit · investigation · exposure · arrest · sentencing · forfeiture · disbarment · termination
embezzlersfiduciaries
Agents bound by trust
whistleblowers · guardians · compliance officers · auditors · watchdogs
embezzlersfraud investigators
Professionals who expose deception
forensic accountants · auditors · prosecutors · compliance officers
embezzlersburglars
Those who illegally enter
robbers · muggers · pickpockets · home invaders · bank robbers
- embezzled fundsMoney illegally taken internally
- corporate embezzlementMisappropriating company funds
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