The title of this legal research is the legal protection of victims in the process of
investigating suspects of embezzlement. Research methods are normative methods. The problem
in this legal research is how to protect the victims in the process of investigating suspects of
embezzlement and what hinders the protection of victims. And the purpose of this legal research
is to know the protection of victims of embezzlement at the stage of investigation and to find out
which impedes the protection of victims of embezzlement. The conclusion of this legal research is
that the protection of victims at the stage of investigation of embezzlement of criminal acts has
been regulated in legislation, there are institutions that function to protect victims, only the need
for better application. Hindrances in the form of a lack of understanding relating to the rights of
victims, a difficult bureaucracy, LPSK is only in Jakarta, the victim's ignorance about the stages
to obtain protection