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Oct. 14, 2024

CFO at Girardi Keese pleads guilty to embezzling from clients

"The former longtime head of the accounting department at the now-shuttered Los Angeles plaintiffs' personal injury law firm Girardi Keese pleaded guilty ... to enabling the embezzlement of tens of millions of dollars from the firm's injured clients and to embezzling money from Girardi Keese itself," the U.S. attorney's office said.

Christopher K. Kamon, the former chief financial officer of Girardi Keese, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud for embezzling money from the firm and its clients, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California announced on Friday.

"The former longtime head of the accounting department at the now-shuttered Los Angeles plaintiffs' personal injury law firm Girardi Keese pleaded guilty today to enabling the embezzlement of tens of millions of doll...

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