Manhattan prosecutors say a real estate attorney has pleaded guilty to stealing $2.1 million from clients to pay his personal expenses and run his law office.
Sixty-six-year-old Mount Kisco resident Ira Berman pleaded guilty Thursday to grand larceny in exchange for a sentence of three to nine years in prison. He also agreed to sign a document acknowledging he still owes victims the money.
Prosecutors say the funds Berman stole were real estate down payments deposited into the escrow account of his Manhattan firm.
Friday, February 15, 2008
New York City 2010
