Ex-Girardi CFO Charged in California on Felony Wire Fraud Claims

December 19, 2022, 8:41 PM UTC

Ex-Girardi Keese chief financial officer Christopher Kamon is expected to make his first appearance Monday in California on federal criminal wire fraud charges for what prosecutors said was a $10 million scheme to steal from the now-defunct law firm.

Kamon was held without bail in a Maryland jail on a warrant from the US District Court for the Central District of California that prosecutors say remains sealed. US Marshals on Nov. 7 arrested Kamon at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

The California bar and a Chicago federal judge said plaintiffs’ lawyer Thomas Girardi stole client funds owed to victims and co-counsel in ...

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