This case involved a blue-collar worker committing a white-collar crime. Dennis Dwayne Tucker was a long-distance trucker employed by MBM Moving Systems, LLC (MBM), headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina. In December 2010, Tucker picked up a load of household goods belonging to a customer of MBM, Leah Plotkin. Upon delivery of the goods, Plotkin paid the outstanding balance for the move, $2,086.19 in cash.According to company policy, an MBM driver is required to convert cash payments into money orders and then use the companys FedEx account to send the payment to headquarters with the associated paperwork. Employees are also not allowed to spend any of the payment money.Subsequent to the Plotkin move, Tuckers commercial driver license expired. Unable to legally drive the truck, Tucker bought a plane ticket using part of the Plotkin payment and flew to North Carolina, where MBM headquarters was. Although Tucker eventually submitted the paperwork for the Plotkin move, he did not deposit the payment to MBM.In February 2011, Tucker stopped working for MBM. He still had not remitted the Plotkin payment at this point and did not return any attempts of com-munication by the vice president of MBM. At his trial, Tucker testified in his own defense, stating that he believed in this case, the supervisor had given him permission to use the money he had received from Plotkin.Of what crime do you believe Tucker was tried and convicted? Tucker appealed his conviction.

Do you think his conviction was overturned on appeal?