Danny Butler, Embezzlement, Kentucky 2018

A Campbellsville man has pleaded guilty to embezzling from clients to pay personal expenses, including gambling losses.

Danny Butler, 72, was an attorney licensed with the Kentucky Bar Association who operated a legal practice in Greensburg, Kentucky.

According to the plea agreement, Butler obtained money by false pretenses from clients by not performing work and stealing funds belonging to estates.

The indictment alleged that Butler misappropriated funds from the following clients:

• Approximately $148,106 from the estate of L.A.
• Approximately $29,987.07 from the estate of L.P.
• Approximately $401,500 from the representation of B.M.
• Approximately $50,000 from the representation of D.M.
• Approximately $50,000 from the estate of D.B.
• Approximately $90,000 from the representation of J.R.B.
• Approximately $90,000 from the estate of E.U.
• Approximately $25,000 from the estate of E.M.
• Approximately $59,000 from the representation of J.W.S.
• Approximately $25,000 for the representation of E.S.
• Approximately $125,000 from the estate of L.P.M.

Butler could face a maximum 100 years in prison, a fine of $1,250,000, and a three-year period of supervised release.

Sentencing is scheduled for March 4, 2019.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Bryan Calhoun and investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Kentucky State Police.

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