General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGSIN CRIMINAL CASES |
TITLE II. PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES |
CHAPTER 277. INDICTMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL |
SECTION 58B. Embezzlement or fraudulent conversion or appropriation by fiduciaries; venue
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The crime of embezzlement or fraudulent conversion or appropriation by a fiduciary of money, goods or property held or possessed by him, as set forth in section fifty-seven of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, including the fraudulent disposition or destruction of such property, may be prosecuted and punished in the county wherein is located the probate court which appointed the fiduciary or in any county where the deed or other instrument in writing creating the trust under which he served or acted was recorded or in any county where he had held or possessed the property as aforesaid after embezzling or fraudulently converting or appropriating the same, as well as in any county where he committed the act of embezzlement or fraudulent conversion or appropriation or other fraudulent disposition or destruction of property held or possessed by him as aforesaid.