Savannah Attorney Allegedly Spent $56,000 of Embezzled Money on Fine China

Well known Savannah Attorney Benjamin Eichholz finds himself on the other side of the law.
Today a seventy-seven count indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury.
Eichholz is being charged with an alleged scheme to embezzle more than 950 thousand dollars from his company’s employee pension fund.
News Three’s Alice Massimi has been following this story and has more on the indictment.

According to the indictment, Eichholz began embezzling money sometime in 2001 and continued to do so until October of last year.
The indictment says in addition to writing checks he claims were loans, he also spent more than fifty-six thousand dollars on Flora Danica Fine China.
Eichholz maintains the china was an investment by the pension plan.
In addition to money laundering charges, Eichholz is also facing charges related to false statements, obstruction, and mail fraud.
When we tried to reach Mr. Eichholz he referred us to his lawyers, Weinstock and Scavo, an Atlanta based firm. They said at this time they have no comment. 
Now, this is not the first run-in with the law for Eichholz.
In 2006 he was suspended from practicing for two years in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.  Judges agreed with the findings of a bankruptcy judge that Eichholz violated rules governing lawyers conduct in representing clients.
He was cited for sloppy and misleading legal filing, and not appearing at court hearings.
Eichholz blamed legal assistants.
The order allowed added a year probation once he is re-admitted.