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Criminal

Nov. 11, 2022

No bail for ex-Girardi Keese CFO, heads to LA accused of embezzlement

Christopher K. Kamon was arrested at a Maryland airport on Saturday after arriving from the Bahamas to visit family. According to court records, he has been held in custody since then

A magistrate judge in Baltimore on Thursday ordered Christopher K. Kamon, the former chief financial officer of now-defunct plaintiffs’ firm Girardi Keese, detained and remanded to Los Angeles to face a federal wire fraud charge.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Maddox rejected arguments by Kamon’s attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates partner Jessie K. Liu, that her client was not a flight risk.

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