A former Sutherland Asbill & Brennan attorney was arraigned in federal court in Atlanta on Monday on charges that he defrauded a longtime client of more than $2 million from accounts for which he had served as a trustee, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta announced Monday.
Bennett L. Kight, 75, was arraigned after a grand jury in Atlanta indicted him on mail fraud charges last week. The indictment claims that Kight secured an estimated $2 million from his client by using her funds to purchase his home. According to federal prosecutors, Kight siphoned the funds from his client’s accounts, paid the $500,000 mortgage on his Buckhead home and used the rest of the money he had misappropriated for personal investments.
