Embezzlement is the common term for stealing from an employer or business owner, but in Fort Collins and Larimer County, this type of stealing is charged under the Theft statute. A woman is facing these charges after she was caught having taken $88,000 from the Girl Scouts and a cancer center. According to the report, the woman was a volunteer treasurer for several girl scout troops and worked as the CFO of a cancer center. She reportedly took $58,000 from the different girl scout troops and $30,000 from the cancer center. Based on the amount money allegedly taken, she is facing felony Theft charges.
Larimer County Theft and Embezzlement Lawyer: Definition of Theft in Boulder County
The Larimer and Boulder County, Colorado law definition of Theft – C.R.S. 18-4-401 – is:
(a) Intends to deprive the other person permanently of the use or benefit of the thing of value;
(b) Knowingly uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value in such manner as to deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;
(c) Uses, conceals, or abandons the thing of value intending that such use, concealment, or abandonment will deprive the other person permanently of its use or benefit;
(d) Demands any consideration to which he or she is not legally entitled as a condition of restoring the thing of value to the other person; or
(e) Knowingly retains the thing of value more than seventy-two hours after the agreed-upon time of return in any lease or hire agreement.
Most Theft cases are charged under subsection (a) – taking something from someone with the intent of never giving it back.
Sentence for Theft / Embezzlement in Loveland and Estes Park
Theft can be charged as a petty offense, misdemeanor, or felony, depending on the amount taken. For the woman above, she would be facing felony charges, as anything valued at $2,000 or more puts it in the felony range – a class 4 felony for anything valued at $20,000 to $99,000.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Theft / Embezzlement, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-658-0007 to schedule your free initial consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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