In-house lawyer steals nine million dollars from his company

The money was spent on a range of collectibles, from sports memorabilia to first edition books.

Anthony Chiofalo invested in memorabilia Marie C Fields

An in-house lawyer was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment after he admitted stealing  $9 million from a Texas crane company. Anthony Chiofalo created a fictitious law firm, which he would pay cheques to, allowing him to purchase an array of collectibles. He is  said to have bought a copy of the first issue of Playboy and a signed first-edition of Mario Puzo’s novel ‘The Godfather’, as well as a first-edition copy of Batman which was worth just under a million dollars. Source: New York Post

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