However, the trustee said they believe the company “may have been a “front” or “straw” company for Thomas and/or other employees or third parties, including Christopher Kamon, the Chief Financial Officer of Girardi Keese, and may have been used to fraudulently and illegally funnel money to Thomas and/or other employees or third parties, including Christopher Kamon.”
Kamon is a former Girardi Keese CFO who was recently arrested on felony wire fraud charges. “During a time when Girardi Keese was in a precarious financial state, and was not paying its creditors, Girardi Keese began a systematic process of draining the available cash, oftentimes consisting of stolen client trust funds, by, among other things, making distributions to certain preferred creditors or third parties from funds of Girardi Keese’s estate,” the suit explained.