El fiscal del condado de Ocean, Bradley D.. Billhimer and Point Pleasant Borough Police Chief Adam Picca announced that on March 29, 2023, Donna Frustieri, 55, of Thunderbolt, Georgia, was charged with Theft in connection with the unlawful taking of funds from an attorney trust account of a Point Pleasant law office.
The charges are the result of an investigation conducted by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Economic Crime Squad and Point Pleasant Borough Police Department. The investigation revealed that Frustieri – in her capacity as a legal secretary at the law firm – had access to the financial instruments utilized by the firm’s attorney trust account. The trust account held funds belonging to numerous clients of the law practice. The investigation further revealed that between May 2015 y junio 2021, Frustieri unlawfully issued approximately 139 checks from the trust account totaling in excess of $184,000. The checks were made payable to family members and other individuals connected to Frustieri. Ultimately, the law office reimbursed all of the stolen funds to the trust account so that no clients were harmed.
En marzo 29, 2023, Frustieri was served with the charges via summons pending an upcoming first appearance in Ocean County Superior Court.
Prosecutor Billhimer and Chief Picca acknowledge the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Economic Crime Squad, Departamento de policía del condado de Point Pleasant, and Thunderbolt (Georgia) Departamento de Policia, por sus esfuerzos de colaboración en relación con esta investigación.
Los cargos mencionados anteriormente son meras acusaciones y se recuerda a la prensa y al público que todos los acusados se presumen inocentes a menos y hasta que se demuestre su culpabilidad más allá de toda duda razonable en un tribunal de justicia.. RPC. 3.6(b)(6)