Former attorney pleads guilty to embezzlement and tax charges
Boston, MA — Joleen Simpson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation in Boston announced that a former attorney pleaded guilty yesterday to wire fraud and filing false tax returns in connection with a long-running scheme to embezzle funds from trusts for which he served as trustee. Kevin M. Brill, of Newton, pleaded guilty to six counts of wire fraud and four counts of filing false tax returns. U.S. Senior District Judge Mark L. Wolf scheduled sentencing for April 5, 2021. From 2012 to July 2017, Brill served as a trustee for three family tr...