A Los Angeles lawyer faces up to eight years in prison after being charged with embezzling about $4.8 million in client funds, prosecutors said Thursday.
Evie Jeang, a prominent divorce attorney, is accused of stealing money from an account entrusted to her that held millions of dollars expected to be paid out to her client and his then-wife, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. She allegedly embezzled the money between September 2015 and May 2017 and filed a false bank statement to cover it up.
Jeang, 47, has been charged with four felonies, including grand theft, grand theft by embezzlement, preparing false documentary evidence and perjury by statement. The charges also include a special penalty enhancement for aggravated white-collar crime.
Prosecutors say Jeang represented her client in a divorce case in Los Angeles County Superior Court between 2015 and 2021 and allegedly committed the theft between Sept. 25, 2015, and May 8, 2017.
More than four years later, prosecutors allege, she created the false bank statement on or around Nov. 2, 2021.
She is currently being held on $150,000 bail, prosecutors said Thursday. Her arraignment will be scheduled for a later date.
Prosecutors say Jeang faces up to eight years in prison if found guilty on all charges.
The Public Prosecution Service has not released any further details about the case.
