Tom gerardi fraud verdict Erica Janes ex found guilty for embezzling more than $15 million a verdict has been reached in Tom Gerard's wire fraud trial in California the former attorney 85 was found guilty on all four counts of fraud charges on Tuesday August 27 US Weekly can confirm the weeks long trial concluded that he embezzled more than $15 million from various clients some of whom awaited payment for treatment of severe physical injuries Tom gerardi built celebrity status and lured in victims by falsely portraying himself as a champion of Justice United States Attorney Martin Estrada said in a press release in reality he was a Robin Hood in Reverse stealing from the needy to support of a lavish Hollywood lifestyle today's verdict shows that the game is up we can all now see this defendant for what he was and the victims he callously betrayed Akil Davis the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles field office added Mr gerardi was retained to advocate for clients who put their trust in him but instead lied to them and stole their money to fund his lavish lifestyle gerardi falsely promoted himself in the media as a killar of the legal Community with a heightened sense of justice but the clients he wronged for many years have now found actual Justice in today's verdict gerardi whose estranged wife is the Real Housewives of Beverly Hill star Erica Jane was indicted in February 2023 for allegedly embezzling more than $15 million from his clients he was charged with five counts of wire fraud at the time to which he pleaded not guilty the indictment claimed that jardi and his colleague Christopher kazoo common fraudulently obtained millions that belonged to gerardi ke's clients between the years of 2010 and 2020 Mr gerardi and Mr common Stand Accused of engaging in a widespread scheme to steal from their clients and lie to them to cover up the fraud United States Attorney Martin estr said in a justice department press release at the time in doing so they allegedly prayed on the very people who trusted and relied upon them the most their clients actions like the ones alleged in the indictment bring dis repute upon the legal profession and will not be tolerated by my office Tom's legal troubles initially made headlines in November 2020 when Jane 53 filed for divorce after 21 years of marriage one month later the pair were accused of embezzling funds meant for families of plain crash victims Jane was dismissed from the case in January 2022 but the two continued to face other lawsuits despite his ongoing legal wo the February 2023 indictment marked the first time Tom had been charged with a crime Jamie meanwhile has not been accused of any criminal offenses Tom was diagnosed with late onset Alzheimer's and Dementia in March 2021 his brother Robert gerardi ultimately became the conservator of his person and estate while Tom moved into a senior living facility that specializes in memory care in August 2020 1 in January US Weekly confirmed that US District Judge Josephine L Stanton ruled that Tom was competent to stand trial in California despite his diagnosis gerardi is expected to stand trial in Chicago in 2025 on charges that he stole payouts made by Boeing to families who lost relatives in an Indonesian plane crash ahead of Gerard's California trial Jane spoke at exclusively to us about her desire to put the legal drama behind her I've moved past the last 3 years but I don't know if others will let me move past she said I still have legal things that are tying up and they will take time because that's the legal process but I want to move on every time someone asks me about Tom gerardi or something like this you realize you're cutting open in a healing wound and you're stabbing around in it and that hurts