Former Westport immigration attorney Judith Sporn as been arrested on two counts of first-degree larceny. Sources say she took about $500,000 out of her clients’ escrow account.
The affidavit also said Sporn took on 24 clients after she was suspended from the Connecticut bar.
Ma’ayergi said after Sporn’s suspension in 2016, he was unable to comply with the court’s directives regarding Sporn’s clients because she continued to represent some of them in federal court and refused to deliver her files to him, the affidavit said.
In April this year, investigators met with attorney Hamza Ma’ayergi, who was assigned to take over Sporn’s files after she was suspended in 2016. Ma’ayergi said after Sporn’s suspension in 2016, he was unable to comply with the court’s directives regarding Sporn’s clients because she continued to represent some of them in federal court and refused to deliver her files to him, the affidavit said.
Schwarz declined to comment on the allegations following the arraignment.
According to the affidavit, Sporn was the subject of dozens of grievance complaints over the past few years. Many of her former immigration clients said she took their money to represent them, but did not do anything to help them legally and did not return their money.
Former Westport immigration attorney Judith Sporn as been arrested on two counts of first-degree larceny. Sources say she took about $500,000 out of her clients’ escrow account.
The affidavit also said Sporn took on 24 clients after she was suspended from the Connecticut bar.
Ma’ayergi said after Sporn’s suspension in 2016, he was unable to comply with the court’s directives regarding Sporn’s clients because she continued to represent some of them in federal court and refused to deliver her files to him, the affidavit said.
In April this year, investigators met with attorney Hamza Ma’ayergi, who was assigned to take over Sporn’s files after she was suspended in 2016. Ma’ayergi said after Sporn’s suspension in 2016, he was unable to comply with the court’s directives regarding Sporn’s clients because she continued to represent some of them in federal court and refused to deliver her files to him, the affidavit said.
Schwarz declined to comment on the allegations following the arraignment.
According to the affidavit, Sporn was the subject of dozens of grievance complaints over the past few years. Many of her former immigration clients said she took their money to represent them, but did not do anything to help them legally and did not return their money.