"We've seen straight-out embezzlement cases and there have been crimes of fraud which involved more money," she said in a telephone interview.

But the only evidence they could cite was a seven-year-old embezzlement case that has long since been settled.

In the 1870s, Babbitt and his business became involved in a major embezzlement case.

Indeed, one embezzlement case against three individuals yielded a restitution payment of $616,615 this year.

The colorful political maverick said he would surrender by May 22 to face charges in the huge embezzlement case that has dogged him since 1996.

The embezzlement case had been so simple; a blind man could have tagged the culprit.

She had to resign in April 1989, following an embezzlement case in her near family.

Additionally, Shannon prosecuted one of the state's largest embezzlement cases in an effort to combat institutional corruption.

The company was nearly bankrupted in the 30's in a celebrated embezzlement case.

Japanese officials said that the action was taken to retrieve documents for an investigation into a multimillion-dollar embezzlement case.