The former chief financial officer for now defunct plaintiffs’ firm Girardi Keese is in plea negotiations to resolve criminal fraud and contempt charges pending in Chicago, prosecutors told a federal district court judge Wednesday.
Christopher Kamon—named in three separate indictments related to his conduct while at Girardi Keese—pleaded guilty in October to helping plaintiffs’ attorney-turned-felon Thomas Girardi embezzle tens millions of dollars from the firm’s injured clients. He also pleaded guilty to embezzling from the firm.
The government said it has entered into preliminary plea negotiations to resolve the charges still pending against him in the US District Court ...
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