On December 17, 2002, Kelso was fired by the Southfield Board of Education after being accused of allegedly misappropriating funds from school ticket and concession sales.

They had been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 3 February 2009 for allegedly misappropriating N1.54 billion in 2008.

A minority owner of the Sacramento Kings has filed suit against his partner for allegedly misappropriating $22 million in partnership funds.

On October 14, 2012, Zynga filed a lawsuit against a former general manager for allegedly misappropriating trade secrets.

He allegedly misappropriated $13,000 from a county contractor.

He also allegedly misappropriated around 26 million won in research funds in September 2004 to buy a car for his wife.

In July 2012, Chkhartishvili announced he was suing figures in the Georgian Government for allegedly misappropriating the broadcast media company Mze TV from him in 2005.

These were tortured to encourage them to surrender funds they allegedly misappropriated.

On 29 June 2006, Bernard Darnton, leader of the Libertarianz, sued Helen Clark for allegedly misappropriating public funds to pay for her "pledge cards" during the 2005 election.

In October 2009, Tropper was sued by philanthropist Guma Aguiar for allegedly misappropriating funds given to him by Guma for charitable purposes.