Editing Political corruption (section)

===Embezzlement===
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[[File:Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak.JPG|thumb|Malaysia's former Prime Minister [[Najib Razak]] was found guilty in the corruption trial over the multi-billion-dollar [[1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal|1MDB scandal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The bizarre story of 1MDB, the Goldman Sachs-backed Malaysian fund that turned into one of the biggest scandals in financial history |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/1mdb-timeline-the-goldman-sachs-backed-malaysian-wealth-fund-2018-12 |work=Business Insider |date=9 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-07-28 |title=Najib Razak: Malaysian ex-PM gets 12-year jail term in 1MDB corruption trial |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53563065 |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-23 |title=Malaysia's ex–PM Najib sent to prison as final 1MDB appeal lost |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/23/malaysia-ex-pm-najib-razak-loses-1mdb-appeal |access-date= |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> He is currently serving his sentence in [[Kajang Prison]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-23 |title=Najib arrives at Kajang Prison after court upholds jail term |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/08/23/najib-arrives-at-kajang-prison-after-court-upholds-jail-term |access-date= |website=The Star |language=en}}</ref>]]
Embezzlement is the theft of entrusted funds. It is political when it involves public money taken by a public official for use by anyone not specified by the public. [[Ponzi scheme]]s are an example of embezzlement. Some embezzlers "skim off the top" so that they continually acquire a small amount over a particular time interval. This method reduces the likelihood of being caught. On the other hand, some embezzlers steal a very large amount of goods or funds in a single instance and then disappear. Sometimes company managers underreport income to their supervisors and keep the difference. A common type of embezzlement is that of personal use of entrusted government resources; for example, when an official assigns public employees to renovate his own house.<ref>{{Cite web |title=embezzlement |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/embezzlement |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}}</ref>