“Like pouring gasoline onto the fire”: Mitch Kossoff explains stealing from clients to prop up failing businesses

Mitch Kossoff knew he was committing a cardinal sin when he first dipped into his law clients’ escrow funds to prop up his struggling businesses. But he justified it by telling himself what desperate people in similar situations often do: It’s just for a little bit. “The idea in my mind, as sick as it was and inappropriate as it was, is that ultimately I could grow my law firm and be able to have more than enough money to repay the monies I took,” the disgraced real estate attorney told members of his parole board in July. “But of […]

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