AmEx, Girardi Keese Bankruptcy Trustee Settle Stolen Money Suit

July 26, 2024, 11:28 PM UTC

American Express has settled for $3 million claims brought by a bankruptcy trustee that it enabled the defunct Girardi Keese law firm to siphon $50.25 million in fraudulent transfers as part of the insolvent firm’s scheme to cheat creditors.

The suit brought by Chapter 7 trustee Elissa Miller against American Express was voluntary dismissed, according to a filing Friday in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell signed off on the $3 million payment to the estate in a July 24 order, according to court records.

Greenspoon Marder LLP, the firm representing ...

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