LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Niagara Falls attorney Robert Koryl admitted to stealing money from clients that was supposed to be in his attorney trust fund, according to Niagara County District Attorney Brian D. Seaman.
Koryl plead guilty to two counts of grand larceny in the third degree and two counts of grand larceny in the fourth degree, according to a press release from the District Attorney's Office.
A restitution figure of $169,000 was admitted, and Koryl will lose his license to practice law in New York State, they added. Koryl faces up to seven years in prison.
“When people go to a lawyer’s office to deal with complicated financial matters, they put themselves in the trust of that person. An embezzlement by a lawyer is not just a theft, it is also a violation of fiduciary duty that does harm to the profession as a whole," Seaman said.