North Carolina Attorney Indicted On Charges She Embezzled $1.13 Million From Clients

Jennifer Lynne Green-Lee, 39, of Raleigh, North Carolina, an attorney, has been indicted on charges she embezzled some $1.13 million from her legal clients.  According to reports, between March and May 2011, Green-Lee siphoned the funds from client accounts for her own benefit.  Some $244,075.52 was allegedly stolen from Golden Properties and Development, Inc., a local contracting company, in three separate transactions.  Green-Lee has been suspended from practicing law pending the outcome of the criminal proceedings.  She has been indicted on 13 counts of felony theft by embezzlement.

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Update (2/16/15): Green-Lee was sentenced to a minimum 5 years in prison.