Ross Abelow admitted spending a "considerable" amount of the sale proceeds from an apartment jointly owned by his client for personal purposes and retained only $207,831 of the $493,685 he should have been holding for his client after legal fees.
November 27, 2015 at 04:04 AM
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A Manhattan attorney who admitted to stealing more than $285,000 worth of escrow funds from his client has resigned.
According to a decision by a panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, in Matter of Abelow, 2015 NY Slip Op 08638, Ross Abelow deposited $607,257 of the sale proceeds from an apartment jointly owned by his client into an Interest on Lawyer Account that Abelow maintained at J.P. Morgan Chase.
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