In law, the abuse of trust is a crime in which the offender abuses the trust placed by the victim. One of the most common abuses of trust is the misappropriation of property, taking advantage of the fact that the victim grants the use or possession of said property. Some examples may be: Providing services without documents in the form of agreements or contracts for the trust deposited and these not being remunerated Lend a vehicle or other property to a neighbor. An employee who misuses a business or its name. An alleged seller who takes the money promises to deliver the product and does not do so. Do not return a borrowed asset (for example, a book). It is considered a property crime assimilated to theft, only that in this crime, Mexican law is composed of three elements that distinguish it from theft, which are: the delivery of movable property, this under the trust (generally is deposited in a relative or friend) or a contract that does not transfer the domain, that the trust has been reached for purposes other than to dispose of the alien, and that the defendant has funds for other objects than those indicated, knowing that they did not belong to him. By extension it also usually applies in situations that normally do not constitute a crime, even though they are morally objectionable for reasons of ethics and good principles.