Aug 20, 2010
Ex-Attorney Charged With Embezzling $1 Million From Clients, Firm
Former Pennsylvania attorney Jeffrey Abramowitz has been indicted on charges of embezzling more than $1 million from his clients by lying to them about the settlements of their cases. The indictment alleges that Abramowitz told some of his firm’s clients that funds from their civil lawsuits and other transactions would be held in escrow by the firm, and then deposited the funds into his personal bank accounts. He allegedly spent some of the funds himself and diverted the rest to a “favored client” and her family.