Today's reason for diverting such public funds is slightly different.

Hundreds of people were involved, diverting funds estimated at up to $2 billion.

So I found a way to divert incoming funds from abroad into my bank account through the computer.

It simply about diverting public funds into the pocket's of the wealthy so they can make millions.

City Hall plans to divert anti-crime funds to general budget.

The Government said many manufacturing and financial companies diverted funds for business investment into real estate speculation.

Some educators who would retain the present emphasis question whether it is possible to divert funds from schools to other activities.

Several follow-on development projects were announced, only to have their funds diverted into other programs.

And they failed to understand that rather than diverting funds from public schools, these accounts would have created an incentive for private savings.

The home authority, on the other hand, could find its funds being compulsorily diverted to services and cases it considered low priority.