Direct answer

职务侵占 is ‘using the job to take the company’s thing’ — it is not every messy expense claim and not automatically 挪用资金.

Occupational embezzlement under Criminal Law targets persons who take unit property by virtue of office. It differs from ordinary theft and from misappropriating funds for personal use with intent to return (挪用资金 — see the misappropriation related pages). Amount thresholds and role proof matter. Companies often start with an internal fraud investigation; crossing to PSB is a separate decision. This wiki is the offence label. Keep owner-manager case narratives for depth.

The classification screen

4 questions before you choose the route.

This page identifies the right question and evidence. It does not determine the legal outcome on a reader’s facts.

01

Whose property?

Unit vs personal.

Owner
02

Role advantage used?

职务 element.

Role
03

Take vs temporary divert?

Embezzlement vs misappropriation.

Intent
04

Internal hold done?

Investigations wiki.

Hold

Working rule: Map the regulated role before marketing or launch in China.

What changes the answer

The signal ledger.

These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.

Signal
Ask the operating question
Why it changes the route
Every bonus dispute is 职务侵占
Labour noise.
Label carefully.
Confuse with 挪用资金
Wrong article family.
Misappropriation page.
Confront on WeChat first
Evidence destroyed.
Hold.
Prepare before you escalate

Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.

Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.

01Role/appointment docs职务.
02Property trailWhat left the company.
03Amount calculationThreshold.
Common confusions

Questions people ask before they build.

Short answers for orientation. The right result can change with the service model and current rules.

Is this the same as fraud?

No. Fraud is deception of a victim; embezzlement is taking unit property via role.

Where is a manager funds narrative?

Keep related case guides such as owner-manager misappropriation pieces — link,.

Primary authorities

Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.