The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 2CT
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Case summary:The person S was a finance director at company T. He has frequently complained to the General Manager C of one of the managers IM for his behavior and attitude. The General Manager could not fire the person IM as he brought a lot of business to the company. One day, while IM was dropping a cash envelope into a safe, it got stuck. The person S stole it. General Manager asked the responsible party to return the envelope within twenty hours to avoid criminal charges. The person S returned the envelope after the due hours. He was charged with embezzlement.

To Find:The reasons for conviction on grounds of embezzlement instead of larceny.

Summary Introduction

Case summary:The person S was a finance director at company T. He has frequently complained to the General Manager C of one of the managers IM for his behavior and attitude. The General Manager could not fire the person IM as he brought a lot of business to the company. One day, while IM was dropping a cash envelope into a safe, it got stuck. The person S stole it. General Manager asked the responsible party to return the envelope within twenty hours to avoid criminal charges. The person S returned the envelope after the due hours. He was charged with embezzlement.

To Find:The difference between embezzlement and larceny.

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