California · Penal Code
PEN §506: Every trustee, banker, merchant, broker, attorney, agent, assignee in trust, executor, administrator, or collector, or person otherwise intrusted with or having in his control property for the use of
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A person in a position of trust who fraudulently appropriates or secretes property belonging to another, or a contractor who misapplies contract payments, commits embezzlement.
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