On this episode of Justice, One Client at a Time, we look at what you can do to avoid an embezzlement conviction, including defense strategies your embezzlement defense attorney can take.

A Rockland County funeral home director faces more than a hundred criminal counts after investigators found that he was embezzling his clients’ money for almost a decade. He pleaded not guilty to all the felony charges. A grand jury charged Leonard Scarr, 53, with 105 criminal counts in addition to a prior nine-count indictment. He…

The CEO and president of Municipal Credit Union was arrested for embezzling millions of dollars from the institution, which is New York’s oldest credit union. He allegedly used most of the money to purchase lottery tickets amounting to $3.55 million, according to federal prosecutors. Kam Wong, 62, was charged in Manhattan federal court with one…

Three high-level executives at a mortgage lender based in New York were arrested for embezzlement of nearly $9 million. Edward E. Bohm, Edward J. Sypher Jr. and Matthew T. Boss, all of whom are senior executives at Vanguard Funds, face charges of conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud. According to prosecutors, the executives acquired…