California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, C075154 (Cal. App. 2014):
The elements of embezzlement do not require that a defendant have any level of sophistication, planning, or professionalism in his or her scheme. (Breceda v. Superior Court, supra, 215 Cal.App.4th at p. 956). That the city trusted defendant as a senior accountant technician and she took advantage of that relationship to embezzle over
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