Thomas Girardi and a now-defunct law firm accused of illegally funneling nearly $870,000 to a “straw company” masquerading as a staffing business.
In the latest lawsuit filed against Thomas by the trustee presiding over the bankruptcy case Girardi Keese, his wife The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne face money transfer claims for yourself and others.
According to court documents obtained by Radar Online on Dec. 28, the trustee is seeking $866,558 in refunds for trying to recover annual payments to a business called Staffing Partners, which was filed before the bankruptcy case. to Thomas and the firm submitted.
As the document explained, the trustee believes that the company “may be a ‘front’ or ‘straw’ company for Thomas and/or other employees or third parties, including Christopher Kamon, Chief Financial Officer of Girardi Keese, and may be used to launder money and illegal for Thomas and/or other employees or third parties, including Christopher Kamon.
As RHOBA fans may remember, Christopher Kamon is the former CFO of Girardi Keese who was arrested in Maryland in November on suspicion of wire fraud and accused of embezzling $10 million.
“During the period when Girardi Keese was in a precarious financial situation, and did not pay his creditors, Girardi Keese began a systematic process of draining the available money, often including stolen client trust funds, among others, making distributions to certain preferred creditors or third parties from the funds from Girardi Keese’s Estate,” the lawsuit explained.
And in reference to the “fraudulent transfer” made to Staffing Partners, the guardian added, “this is in a service account that only benefits Thomas and Erika Girardi aka Erika Jayne, Christopher Kamon, or other employees of Girardi Keese, or as part of a Scheme that checks will be paid to Partner Staffing due to false invoices and the funds will be re-channeled to Thomas and Erika Girardi alias Erika Jayne, Christopher Kamon, or other Girardi Keese employees, so that the Fraudulent Transfer has nothing to do with the operation of, and does not benefit, Girardi Keese.
This lawsuit comes just days after a $25 million transfer sent from Girardi Keese to Erika’s company, EJ Global, was included in the charge sheet amid lawsuits against the reality star.