Criminal
Apr. 14, 2025
Former Girardi Keese accountant receives 10-year sentence for role in fraud schemes
Federal judge sentences Tom Girardi's form accounting chief for "symbiotic" embezzlement schemes that "hastened the firm's demise."
Chris Kamon, the former head of accounting at Girardi Keese, was sentenced to 121 months in prison on Friday by U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton in Los Angeles.
Kamon pleaded guilty last year to two counts of wire fraud in relation to multiple embezzlement schemes at the now-defunct law firm during his time as its financial chief between 2010 and 2020.
Though he originally pleaded his not guilty to helping famed plaintiffs' attorney Tom Girardi to cheat severel...
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