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<i>BREAKING NEWS:</i> Ex-Dewey Leaders Charged With Fraud, Theft
Following a nearly two-year investigation that began as Dewey & LeBoeuf spiraled toward death, its former chairman, Steven Davis; its former executive director, Stephen DiCarmine; and its ex-chief financial officer, Joel Sanders, were accused on March 6 of “concocting and overseeing a massive effort to cook the books” at the firm.
“This is not a simple case of aggressive accounting, bad business judgment or poor management,” Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said during a press conference called to announce the indictments [PDF] [PDF] of Davis, DiCarmine, Sanders and Zachary Warren, who served as client relations manager for the firm in 2008 and 2009. Rather, Vance said, the evidence uncovered in the grand jury's investigation shows “blatant accounting fraud and deceit perpetrated by all levels of the accounting department at the direction of the firm's chairman and chief executives.”
The indictments charge Davis, 60, with 15 counts of first-degree grand larceny, one count of first-degree scheme to defraud, one count of securities fraud and 49 counts of first-degree falsifying business methods, all of which are felonies. Davis, who has insisted he did nothing wrong, also faces a misdemeanor count of fifth degree of conspiracy. The other defendants face similar charges, with DiCarmine, 57, charged with 46 counts of falsifying business records and Sanders, 55, charged with 88 counts of that crime.
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