U.S. Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 12, 2022. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALMEx-CFO of San Francisco Law Firms Pleads Guilty to $1.3M Embezzlement Scheme, DOJ Announces
The former law firm executive admitted to using embezzled funds to bankroll personal expenses like payments on Best Buy and Home Depot credit cards and renovations on three houses he owned in California.
December 11, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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What You Need to Know
- Tony Archuleta-Perkins, the former CFO of two San Francisco law firms, admitted to one count of bank fraud and one count of money laundering.
- He used his own nonprofit to funnel more than $1 million in funds embezzled from his employers.
- Archuleta-Perkins was arrested and indicted this summer and faces up to 40 years in prison.
The Department of Justice announced today that the ex-chief financial officer of two San Francisco law firms, the Veen Firm LLC and the Veen Firm P.C., pleaded guilty to a five-year scheme to embezzle over $1.3 million from his former employers.
Tony Archuleta-Perkins, a 48-year-old Palm Springs resident formerly based in San Francisco, admitted as part of a plea agreement to one count of bank fraud and one count of money laundering. He faces up to 30 years in prison and 10 years in prison for each charge, respectively. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nikhil Bhagat, assisted by California attorney Madeline Wachs.
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