Theft Charges Filed Against Former Attorney Boileau

John Boileau
John Boileau
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Bruce R. Beemer has announced the arrest of a suspended Clinton County lawyer charged with the theft of more than $50,000 from the law firm where he was previously worked as a civil attorney. 

John Boileau, 50, was charged following a joint investigation by the Office of Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigations and the Lock Haven Police Department.
  
Boileau previously worked for the Lock Haven law firm then known as Roberts, Miceli and Boileau, LLP. According to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday, the investigation revealed that he intentionally kept $54,413 that was meant for the firm.  

Boileau allegedly had clients submit payments directly to him, which violated the firm’s standard procedures for collecting money from clients. In many cases, Boileau also failed to perform the legal services for which he was paid, causing other members of his firm to complete the legal work, investigators determined.

The investigation included a review of records for bank accounts used by Boileau and other documentation. The alleged theft occurred between May 2010 and June 2015. 

Boileau is charged with one count of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received. The charge is a third-degree felony punishable by a maximum of seven years in prison and a $15,000 fine.
 
Boileau’s preliminary arraignment was held Wednesday. Bail was set at $2,500 unsecured. A preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled for Dec. 20. 

Boileau’s law license was suspended in April for a period of five years, according to an order issued by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.  

Attorney General Beemer thanked the Lock Haven Police Department for its work on this investigation.
  
This case will be prosecuted by Deputy Attorney General Megan Madaffari of the Attorney General’s Criminal Prosecutions Section.

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