A Long Island attorney has received a six-month suspension for failing to detect that his firm's bookkeeper stole $5 million of client money from escrow accounts.
June 25, 2015 at 12:00 AM
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A Long Island attorney has received a six-month suspension for failing to detect that his firm’s bookkeeper stole $5 million of client money from escrow accounts.
A five-judge panel of the Appellate Division, Second Department, wrote in Matter of James Langione, 2013-00214, that neither James Langione, who received the six-month suspension, nor his law partner Peter Galasso directly took part in the misappropriation, which was committed by Peter Galasso’s brother, Anthony.
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