At what point does embezzelment become a felony?

[merrr]

I have been looking for a hard and fast line drawn in the sand for Minnesota State Law but cannot find it. Can anyone tell me at what dollar amount embezzelment can bring felony charges with it?


DISCLAIMER: No, this is not in relation to me, my family, my friends, my day job, my direct sales jobs, etc. No, I am not at liberty to say what it's in relationship to (yet) as I do not know if "we" will be persuing crimial charges.

[doeeyedgirl]

As far as for a person stealing money, it is over $500 that becomes a felony.

[cakemakermom]

It looks like to be a felony it needs to be $2,500 or more: www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=609.54&year=2005

The best I could find on other price values, and I don't know if this will apply is $500 or less is a misdemeanor and $500 to $2,500 is a gross misdemeanor: www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=609.763

I'm not sure if the gambling stealing law I found will be the same as other stealing money types though? I hope this helps.

[cakemakermom]

What someone can be sent to jail for embezzlement in MN: www.revisor.mn.gov/st2005/609/54.html

[momof3anddog]

If if something of value, property, a service, or money taken over is over $1000, it usually can be charged as a felony; If whatever it was that was taken, was from someone considered a vulnerable person, it can be less than that amount; So other factors can go into getting a theft/embezzelment felony charge. This is what it used to be in MN; Not sure if it still stands or dollar amount is different now; But it's not as high amount of money as you think it would be. It's the act of doing it that gets the felony charge. Conviction depends on a lot of things, past criminal hx, how particularly egregious it was to do whatever (like if person stolen from was vulnerable, etc.).

This is my 2 cents worth, for whomever is dealing with this. I wouldn't protect someone by not going after them even though it's a pain in the butt and annoying. People who steal count on lots of people not wanting to go through the effort to get it charged or the "vicim" being too embarrassed that it they didn't see it happen or didn't stop it from happening that they don't go forward with telling authorities. Then they don't have it on their record for background checks, etc., and get away with more and more and create more victims out there.