Criminal
Nov. 3, 2009
Ex-Lawyer Gets Probation For Theft
The Studio City man embezzled $1.4 million from two clients. He was sentenced to three years' probation and eight months' home detention on tax evasion charges.
By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES A former Studio City attorney and accountant who embezzled more than $1.4 million from two clients' trust funds he oversaw as a conservator was sentenced Monday to three years' probation and eight months' home detention for failing to pay federal taxes on his ill-gotten gains.
Steven Krell, who still works as a tax preparer, pleaded guilty in June to one felon...
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