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Employee theft is something that no business owner wants to experience. Unfortunately, the culprit is often a trusted employee who has never complained about working overtime and without vacations. Under the law, embezzlement<\/a> is essentially a theft and can be prosecuted as either a misdemeanor or a felony.<\/p>\n

Sound complicated? Here are a few concrete examples to help explain employee theft<\/a>:<\/p>\n