United States:
Judge Goes On Trial Next Week, Charged With Covering Up $10M Embezzlement At Credit Union
02 December 2021
Morrison & Foerster LLP
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Carrie Cohen was featured in the Crain's New York
Business coverage of the trial of Sylvia Ash, a former
presiding judge in the New York State Supreme Court's
commercial division who is charged with trying to impede the
federal investigation into former Municipal Credit Union CEO Kam
Wong, who is serving a 66-month prison sentence for embezzling $10
million.
Carrie, who is representing Ms. Ash, said the suspended judge
wasn't aware of the criminal acts Wong committed.
"There is not one scintilla of evidence that Ms. Ash had
any knowledge of or participation in Wong's...fraudulent
schemes," Carrie wrote in a pretrial motion.
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Originally published by Crain's New York
Business
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