What else would you call it if not theft? Was he "liberating the funds"? lol It was theft. Pure and simple.
USXP was a public entity. It was not part and parcel of Richard Altomare. He had no right to take the money.
We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth... For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst; and to provide for it. --Patrick Henry, Patriot and Hero of the American Revolution