Press Releases : Westfield

Former Law Firm Chief Financial Officer Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Firm of More Than $1.5M and Tax Evasion

May 8, 2024 | Chief Financial Officer | credit card scheme | Embezzlement | failure to pay taxes | McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP | New Jersey Division of Taxation-Office of Criminal Investigations | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Tax Evasion | Theft by Deception | Westfield | Division of Criminal Justice | Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions | Press Release

Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) today announced that a former Chief Financial Officer of a national law firm based in New Jersey, pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1.5 million from the firm and evading payment of income tax owed to the State of New Jersey.