misappropriate

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The most famous case involved the Gupta brothers—Ajay, Atul and Rajesh—who were accused of using ties to the ANC to engage in corruption and bribery to misappropriate state assets, according to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Earlier this week, a Singapore court handed out prison sentences to two former Wirecard Asia Holdings employees for conspiring to misappropriate money.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2023

"It was wrong to misappropriate and disseminate Coinbase's property."

From Reuters • Feb. 7, 2023

Federal prosecutors in New York have charged Mr. Bankman-Fried with overseeing a scheme to misappropriate billions of dollars in customer deposits at FTX.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2023

He was still firm in his refusal to misappropriate those heirlooms.

From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir