Embezzlement usually involves a relationship of trust and confidence, such as an agent, attorney, fiduciary, treasurer, or trustee. This is related to the crime of uttering a forged instrument, also called uttering and publishing. This doesn't involve just any writing. The document passed off as genuine must have some legal significance like a check or a deed. Federal Securities Laws cover a broad range of possible types of fraud.
Securities fraud involves illegal sale of securities and insider trading.
Taking a person's purse from their desk while they are out of the office is a larceny. Breaking that down, it is more simply described as lying under oath. When one knowingly lies in a judicial proceeding after taking an oath to tell the truth, that's perjury. Unfortunately for our judicial system, prosecutors often threaten prosecution, but the number of actual prosecutions for perjury is microscopic. The materials contained in this web site do not constitute legal advice, and contact with this web site does not establish attorney-client relationship.