Kathy Hathcoat was a teller at a bank in Pendleton, Indiana. Her branch manager, Mary Jane Cooper, caught Hathcoat stealing mone
y from her cash drawer. Rather than reporting Hathcoat, Cooper joined in. The two helped cover for each other by verifying that their cash drawers were in balance. They took nearly $200,000 before bank officials found out. What criminal charge may the government bring against Hathcoat?
embezzlement is an accusation that refers to a crime consisting in the subtraction or embezzlement, through the abuse of trust, money or appreciable movable property, for one's own or someone else's benefit, by an employee who administers or guards them. We can say that Hathcoat would be accused of embezzlement because she, as a bank clerk, diverted money from her workplace.
