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Westchester Attorney Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud

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Westchester Attorney Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud For Attempting To Embezzle From A Decedent’s Estate Westchester attorney Guy Parisi pleaded guilty this week to mail fraud. It seems like Parisi attempted to embezzle funds from an estate for which he also served as a court-appointed administrator.   U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said:  Guy Parisi flouted his fiduciary duty to the estate for which he was the administrator.  He attempted to direct fees from the estate to a company he himself formed with a relative.   Federal prosecutors also allege: Parisi was appointed an administrator of the estate of a former resident of Mount Vernon in or about April 2017.  His duties as administrator included collecting the assets of the estate.  As an administrator, PARISI had a fiduciary duty to the estate and to the decedent’s son, the sole beneficiary of his father’s will.  New York law provided for a fee for estate administr...