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Salt Lake City Embezzlement Litigation

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Are You Staring Down Allegations of Embezzlement?

When it is alleged that you have committed embezzlement, you can’t afford to take the allegations lightly. So, what legal options do you have when you are looking at such potential trouble?

For one, finding the best criminal defense attorney should be your top priority. He or she can work with you to fight your case and present the best defense possible. So, is now the time you make that call for legal assistance?

Fighting Back Against Embezzlement Charges

In your efforts to fight back against embezzlement charges brought against you, here are some areas to focus on:

• What are you alleged to have done? – Authorities will likely be trying to pin charges on you that you misappropriated money in some form or another. This can be everything from in the workplace to your personal life and more (see more below). The allegations are you stole funds or even property from one or more people. The bottom line is you and your legal counsel need to show this was not the case.
  
• Workplace embezzlement – If you are alleged to have embezzled funds at work, the likely scenario is you are in charge of money in some capacity at work. This can be as a secretary, accounting manager, CFO (chief financial officer) and more. Instead of the money going to pay for business expenses, it went elsewhere. When the money went missing, you may have been the first person one suspected.
  
• Personal embezzlement – Has money gone missing from a family member or friend? If so, you could be the prime suspect. As an example, a friend put you in charge as a volunteer of handling the money for their child’s youth sports team, association or some other group. This means in most cases you were tasked with paying bills among other things. As it turns out, a sizable amount of money went missing. When it did, eyes turned to you since you were charged with handling the finances.
  
• Coming up with a defense – So that you can try and prove you are not guilty of the charges, you will need a defense. One such defense is that honest bookkeeping gaffes occurred. The key here is proving the money was mistakenly placed elsewhere and not stolen. You may also look to show that one or more others also had access to the financial books. Could one of them be responsible for the missing funds and you are being set up to take the fall? Without there being clear evidence to show you used the funds for personal gain or they are sitting in a personal bank account of yours, it can be hard for the prosecution to clearly show you in fact are responsible.

The goal from day one is for your legal team to chip away at the prosecution’s allegations and charges.
With the right criminal defense attorney representing you, you stand a better chance of winning your case.