                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EMBEZZLEMENT DEEMED LARCENY; INDICTMENT (§ 18.2-111)

A. If any person wrongfully and fraudulently use, dispose of, conceal or
embezzle any money, bill, note, check, order, draft, bond, receipt, bill of
lading or any other personal property, tangible or intangible, which he shall
have received for another or for his employer, principal or bailor, or by virtue
of his office, trust, or employment, or which shall have been entrusted or
delivered to him by another or by any court, corporation or company, he shall be
guilty of embezzlement. Proof of embezzlement shall be sufficient to sustain the
charge of larceny. Any person convicted hereunder shall be deemed guilty of
larceny and may be indicted as for larceny and upon conviction shall be punished
as provided in &#xA7; 18.2-95 or &#xA7; 18.2-96.

B. A prosecution for a violation of this section may be had in (i) any place of
venue under Article 2 (&#xA7; 19.2-244 et seq.) of Chapter 15 of Title 19.2 or
(ii) any county or city where the victim of the embezzlement resides.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-109; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1979, c. 349;
1994, c. 555; 2003, c. 733; 2024, c. 475.