A former attorney arrested last week by state police after an upstate traffic stop has been indicted for stealing the proceeds of a $1 million real estate transaction in Brooklyn from a client. Robert Fontanelli, 48, was charged by a grand jury with first-degree and second-degree grand larceny, both felonies, and faces up to 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison if convicted, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office.
Fontanelli is accused of draining the funds from the escrow account in which he deposited the proceeds of the sale of the mixed residential and commercial property at 798 St. John’s Place in Crown Heights.
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