District Attorney Gascón Announces Los Angeles Attorney Charged with Embezzling $4.8 Million in Client Funds

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón Sept. 19 announced grand theft and embezzlement charges against prominent Los Angeles divorce attorney Evie Jeang for allegedly stealing approximately $4.8 million from a client trust account between September 2015 and May 2017 and subsequently filing a false bank statement in court to cover up the theft.

“Attorneys who misappropriate client funds not only violate their client’s trust but undermine the integrity of the entire legal profession and legal system,” District Attorney Gascón said. “Attorneys have an inviolate duty to their clients and a professional responsibility to act ethically to uphold our laws. Our office is committed to holding attorneys who break the law fully accountable.” 

Evie Peifang Jeang (dob 1/25/77) is charged in case 24CJCF05721 with four felonies: one count of grand theft; one count of grand theft by embezzlement; one count of preparing false documentary evidence; and one count of perjury by declaration. It is further alleged that Jeang engaged in aggravated white-collar crime.

Jeang represented the husband in a divorce proceeding between 2015 and 2021. Between Sept. 25, 2015, and May 8, 2017, Jeang allegedly stole approximately $4.8 million from her client trust account. The funds were entrusted to Jeang for distribution to her client and his then-wife. On or about Nov. 4, 2021, Jeang allegedly prepared and filed a falsified bank statement in the dissolution of marriage case in Los Angeles County Superior Court to cover up the theft.

Jeang is in custody in lieu of $150,000 bail and arraignment will be scheduled at a later date.

If convicted as charged, Jeang faces 8 years, eight months in state prison.

The case is being investigated by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Justice System Integrity Division and the California State Bar’s Office of Chief Trial Counsel.