Dreier, the only equity partner, is the only person authorized to make transfers from the escrow accounts, according to court documents.

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Mr. Sampson used some of that money to repay the escrow accounts in an attempt to "cover his tracks, " Ms. Lynch said.

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On top of that, employees and partners of the Dreier law firm learned last week that tens of millions were missing from client escrow accounts and other firm accounts.

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Ms. Lynch said the money was supposed to be held in escrow accounts and turned over to the Brooklyn courts, where it should have been paid out to the prior property owners and other interested parties.

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Perhaps more alarming to Dreier's former law partners is the disappearance of tens of millions in client escrow funds from accounts controlled by Dreier.

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