California · Financial Code

FIN §50509: Any officer, director, partner, trustee, or employee of any entity who abstracts or misapplies any of the money, funds, or property of a licensee, or misapplies its credit, or abstracts or misapplies

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

Officers, directors, partners, trustees, or employees who misappropriate money, funds, property, or credit belonging to or deposited with a licensee commit a violation. Criminal convictions require full restitution in addition to other penalties.

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Any officer, director, partner, trustee, or employee of any entity who abstracts or misapplies any of the money, funds, or property of a licensee, or misapplies its credit, or abstracts or misapplies money, funds, trust obligations, or property deposited with a licensee, violates this division. If a violation results in a criminal conviction, the court shall, in addition to any other punishment imposed, order the person to make full restitution to the licensee. Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to repeal, amend, or impair any existing provision of law prescribing a punishment for such an offense.

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