South Carolina · South Carolina Code — Title 16, Crimes; Title 44 Controlled Substances
S.C. Code (Crimes) § 16-13-220: Embezzlement of public funds; presumption on proof of failure to account for receipts
What this law says, in plain English
In embezzlement prosecutions, if an officer or person received public funds and failed to account for them as required by law, the court may infer those unaccounted funds were fraudulently appropriated.
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