Talk:Embezzlement

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What is the etymology of "Embezzlement" ?

Etymology: Middle English "embesilen", from Anglo-French "embesiller" to make away - + besiller to steal, plunder. Source: Merrian Webster Online Dictionary

[edit] citation of aramark case

it would have been helpfull to me to have a citation for the 2005 aramark case. --Joslloyd 18:21, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aramark case

I think in the case of Aramark we should talk about cash skimming rather than embezzlement. According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners skimming is "the removal of [assets] from an organization before the [assets] have been recorded in the organization's books" - ACFE.(2002).Fraudbasics:The many faces of fraud, part two. Austin,TX:ACFE.what happend in the Aramark case. The employees understated the returns from vending machines and therefore skimmed the cash (=company asset) before it got recorded in the books.

"skimming" was the methodology. "Embezzlement" was the crime.