February 5, 2007 -
ALLENTOWN ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLING FROM CLIENT
United States Attorney Patrick L. Meehan today announced that a 17 count indictment* was filed charging JOHN J. KELLER with 17 felony counts of wire fraud.
Defendant JOHN J. KELLER is an attorney in Allentown, Pennsylvania who operated a law office located at 133 North 5th Street, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It is charged that between February 2002 and January 2004, KELLER, while representing a client in Allentown, Lehigh County, embezzled the client’s funds from his lawyer trust account totaling approximately $225,000 dollars.
The indictment alleges that he withdrew approximately $225,000 in funds from
his lawyer trust account which he was holding on behalf of his client and,
without authorization from his client, used the money for his business and
personal use.
The government is seeking to forfeit from the defendant the sum of $225,000.
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DEFENDANT |
ADDRESS |
AGE [Date of Birth] |
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JOHN J. KELLER |
Allentown, PA |
61 years |
If convicted on all of the charges, defendant KELLER faces a possible maximum
sentence of 340 years imprisonment, a $4,250,000 fine, 3 years supervised release
and a $1,700 mandatory special victims/witness assessment.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Allentown Resident
Office). The case has been assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Seth
Weber.
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UNITED
STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT, PENNSYLVANIA Suite 1250, 615 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 |
Contact: RICH MANIERI Media Contact 215.861.8525 |
*An Indictment or Information is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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