ATTORNEY STEPHEN JACKSON INDICTED FOR FRAUD SCHEME INVOLVING MORE THAN $100,000 IN CLIENT SETTLEMENT FUNDS AND $150,000 IN FRAUD AGAINST BANK
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., announced the indictment of STEPHEN JACKSON, 54, an attorney licensed in New York, for stealing approximately $110,000 from three clients’ settlement funds. JACKSON is accused of taking much of the money as cash through hundreds of ATM withdrawals, and using other stolen funds to pay former clients whose settlements he had previously taken. JACKSON is also charged with stealing more than $150,000 from Capital One Bank in a fraudulent check scheme, and with lying and falsifying evidence in proceedings before the committee that investigates complaints of attorney misconduct. The indictment charges JACKSON with Grand Larceny, Perjury, Forgery, Identity Theft, and other related charges.[1]