embezzlement

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Mayor of Turkey's largest and richest city until his arrest, Imamoglu is facing allegations ranging from graft to embezzlement and espionage, alongside 407 other defendants, in an indictment that runs nearly 4,000 pages.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

For more than a decade, he exposed alleged corruption and embezzlement among senior Russian officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Price has been charged with embezzlement, perjury and having a conflict of interest, by casting votes on real estate projects whose developers had hired his wife.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Among the charges levelled at Damiba by Burkina Faso's military government are "criminal embezzlement of public funds, illicit enrichment, corruption, aggravated receiving of stolen goods and money laundering", said Togo's justice ministry in a statement.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

If Mom is guilty of embezzlement, what does that mean for the rest of us?

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller