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by karaterobot 1134 days ago
Because the facts have not been settled in court, and that's the word you use until you know the correct one.
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> that's the word you use until you know the correct one

"Accused of" and "allegedly" do this adequately. We don't know if this is embezzlement or if the firm's financial controls were so loose the CFO could plausibly and single-handedly "divert" cash like this. The title is generous, not incorrect.

If we don't know whether someone stole money the appropriate thing to do is say exactly that. Not make up something else and say that's what they might have done.
And how is an euphemism make it different?