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What are the potential penalties for embezzlement under Minnesota law?
Posted by Martin S. Azarian Criminal Defense, P.A.
The penalties for embezzlement essentially follow the same penalties with respect to theft. If it’s under $500.00 zero to 90 days in jail. If it’s between $500.00 and $1,000.00 in terms of the total value of the item stolen, it’s a gross misdemeanor up to a year in jail and a $3,000.00 fine. With respect to felonies, again, it would be a year and a day in prison or more and a fine substantially higher than $3,000.00. Now, you have to be very, very careful with respect to felony thefts anything over $2,500.00 tends to be treated more harshly, anything more than $5,000.00, again, the same arithmetic applies the penalties grow exponentially.
The penalties for embezzlement essentially follow the same penalties with respect to theft. If it’s under $500.00 zero to 90 days in jail. If it’s between $500.00 and $1,000.00 in terms of total value of the item stolen, it’s a gross misdemeanor up to a year in jail and a $3,000.00 fine. With respect to felonies, again, it would be a year and a day in prison or more and a fine substantially higher than $3,000.00. Now, you have to be very, very careful with respect to felony thefts anything over $2,500.00 tends to be treated more harshly, anything more than $5,000.00, again, the same arithmetic applies the penalties grow exponentially.
