纽约律师侵吞所管信托逾50万美元被判8个月，已先行赔付50.9万美元
美国纽约州纳苏县 Lawrence 市71岁律师 Edward W. Miller，2026年11月12日在康涅狄格州 Hartford 的联邦法院被判处8个月监禁，罪名是侵吞其受托管理的信托资金逾50万美元。判决由联邦地区法官 Sarala V. Nagala 作出，康涅狄格区联邦检察官 David X. Sullivan 公布了判决结果，Miller 刑满后还须接受1年监督释放。
据法庭文件，Miller 是在纽约州执业的律师。2014年12月，一名在文件中以「M.P.」代称的人士设立信托，用于管理其名下房产，其中包括康涅狄格州 New Canaan 的一栋商业建筑。Miller 被指定为受托人，负责开设信托银行账户，把商业建筑的租金收入存入账户、支付建筑管理开支，并向 M.P. 分配资金。信托约定，Miller 可收取每月租金总额的5%作为报酬，外加新租约与续约的约定佣金。
2016年2月至2022年9月间，Miller 通过开具并兑现未经授权的支票，把信托资金转给自己、自己的律师事务所和亲属，从中侵吞逾50万美元。他还从信托银行账户中作未经授权的提款和转账，为自己谋利。M.P. 于2022年去世后，Miller 又向 M.P. 的受益人就信托资产的认定、去向与分配作虚假陈述和承诺。
Miller 已于2026年5月29日承认电汇欺诈罪。他此前已在受害人另行提起的一桩民事诉讼和解中赔付509,372.82美元。Miller 目前以20万美元保释在外，须于1月11日报到入狱。
本案由联邦调查局 FBI 调查，助理联邦检察官 David T. Huang 负责起诉。（来源：美国司法部）
New York Attorney Sentenced to Eight Months for Embezzling More Than $500K From Trust He Managed
Edward W. Miller, 71, of Lawrence, a village in Nassau County, New York, was sentenced on November 12, 2026, in federal court in Hartford, Connecticut, to eight months of imprisonment and one year of supervised release for embezzling more than $500,000 from a trust he managed. U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala imposed the sentence, announced by David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
According to court documents, Miller was an attorney licensed to practice law in New York. In December 2014, an individual identified in court documents as M.P. established a trust to manage certain real property, including a commercial building M.P. owned in New Canaan, Connecticut. Miller was named trustee and was directed to open a trust bank account to deposit rental income from the building, pay management costs, and distribute funds to M.P. The trust provided that Miller would be paid five percent of total monthly rents collected, plus agreed commissions for new leases and renewals.
Between approximately February 2016 and September 2022, Miller embezzled more than $500,000 from the trust by writing and negotiating unauthorized checks to himself, his law practice, and his relatives, and by making unauthorized withdrawals and transfers from the trust bank account for his own benefit. After M.P. died in 2022, Miller made false representations and promises to M.P.'s beneficiaries about the identification, whereabouts, and disbursement of the trust's assets.
Miller pleaded guilty to wire fraud on May 29, 2026. He previously paid restitution of $509,372.82 as part of a settlement of a separate civil lawsuit filed by the victims. Miller, who is released on a $200,000 bond, is required to report to prison on January 11.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the matter, and Assistant U.S. Attorney David T. Huang prosecuted the case. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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