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A Manhattan federal judge on Friday encouraged disbarred and incarcerated New York City real estate attorney Mitchell Kossoff to settle a former client's $4.5 million escrow theft suit after pleading guilty to the same allegations in a related criminal case.

The Manhattan dealmaker had admitted to stealing money from 35 clients to cover the rent on his $19,000-a-month apartment and other expenses

New York City real estate attorney Mitchell Kossoff has been disbarred on the basis of his December guilty plea to stealing more than $14.6 million from at least 35 individual and business clients, a New York appellate court ruled Thursday.

New York City real estate attorney Mitchell Kossoff pled guilty Monday morning to stealing more than $14.6 million from at least 35 individual and business clients, formally striking an agreement that calls for at least four and a half years in prison.

A real estate attorney working in New York could be sentenced next year to more than 13 years behind bars after pleading guilty to stealing more than $14...

Mitchell Kossoff, 68, defrauded 35 of his clients, using their cash to pay off massive credit card bills and $19,000 monthly rent on his luxury apartment. At times, Kossoff used clients’ stolen money to pay back other clients he’d stolen from, prosecutors said.

New York City real estate lawyer Mitchell Kossoff is expected to plead guilty as soon as this week to allegations that he stole millions of dollars in clients’ escrow money.

New York City real estate attorney Mitchell Kossoff, of the defunct Manhattan law firm Kossoff PLLC, surrendered to authorities Friday on charges that he stole $14 million of clients' escrow money. His attorney said Kossoff will plead guilty.

The embattled real estate attorney will plead guilty to escrow theft