Big Lebowski may be my favorite movie of all time. However, one thing I don't understand because there are a lot of ins and outs and what have yous, is ultimately how the Big Lebowski was expecting to get away with stealing a million dollars? He embezzled the money from the Little Urban Achiever Fund. His daughter quickly noticed it. He was planning to pretend he was paying ransom for his wife and the Dude was the bagman and stole it. Even if people believed he was paying a ransom for his trophy wife, he would still be stealing from a fund for children to pay for it and would still be liable for embezzlement after police investigate his finances in full (which given his character, would likely reveal even more illegal financial activity). I mean, say what you want about the tenets of embezzlement without elaborate scheming, at least it's an uncomplicated plan.