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Share April 13, 2021, 7:57 AM A Grosse Pointe Park attorney is accused of keeping up to $100,000 that a deceased client desigated as a Michigan Human Society donation. Anthony Semaan, 63, has a probable cause hearing Thursday at 16th District Court in Livonia, where his office is located. He was arraigned last week on a felony charge of embezzling $50,000 to $100,000. The case was investigated by the financial crimes division of the state attorney general s office. The victim s trust [document] very clearly identified how the funds were to be disbursed, Attorney General Dana Nessel says in a statement. By law, the defendant had a duty to adhere to the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct.
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Lawyer accused of stealing $262K his dead client left for Michigan Humane Society
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LANSING, MI – A Michigan attorney is accused of stealing money from a client who has been dead for eight years.
Anthony Semaan, 63, of Grosse Pointe Park has been charged with one count of embezzlement by an agent between $50,000 and $100,000, a felony charged punishable by 15 years in prison and/or a $25,000 fine.
Semaan allegedly stole funds from the trust of his deceased client that were intended for the Michigan Humane Society. Semaan drafted the victim’s trust in 2011 and when the individual later passed away in 2013, he was responsible for distributing the funds according to what was specified in the trust.