Can I hire a lawyer for the crime of duty embezzlement?

If the position and occupation are not filed, you can hire a lawyer. According to the relevant provisions of China's criminal law, the crime of duty embezzlement belongs to the crime of private prosecution, which belongs to the category of private prosecution cases in criminal proceedings, that is, the parties do not inform themselves, and the public security organs cannot investigate the responsibility of the perpetrators of duty embezzlement without authorization, nor can they file a case without authorization. Therefore, as long as the parties need it, they can hire a lawyer even if they have not filed a case.

legal ground

Article 27 1 of the criminal law

Any employee of a company, enterprise or other unit who, by taking advantage of his position, illegally takes the property of his unit for himself, if the amount is relatively large, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also be fined; If the amount is huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment and fined.