Mitchell Kossoff pleaded guilty to charges of grand larceny in the first, second, and third degrees, and scheming to defraud in the first degree.
Attorney regulators in New York have disbarred Mitchell Kossoff after the real estate lawyer pleaded guilty in December to criminal charges over his theft of millions of dollars in client funds.
Prosecutors said Kossoff misappropriated more than $14.6 million from at least 35 people and companies, which he admitted to in his plea agreement, New York’s Appellate Division, First Department said in its Thursday order disbarring Kossoff. Mitchell Kossoff admitted to misappropriating more than $14.6 million from at least 35 people and companies.The New York appellate court said Kossoff did not reply to the court’s attorney grievance committee’s motion to disbar him.