New York State Lawyer Pleads Guilty in $1.4M Scam
A Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., lawyer has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a scam to bilk clients out of more than $1.4 million, officials said, according to a report on lohud.com, a site of The Journal News.
Michael Lippman pleaded guilty on Monday to felony counts of second-degree grand larceny, second-degree criminal tax fraud and first-degree scheme to defraud, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office said.
“Lippman, 71, who had a law office in the village, was arrested in September,” the report said. “He pocketed $1,487,462 from 13 clients between Jan. 1, 2010, and Sept. 15, 2015, officials said.”