“An accountant tapped to help clean up the state’s matrimonial courts is under investigation by the FBI for allegedly making crooked evaluations in cases before embattled Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Marylin Diamond, The Post has learned. … The feds are looking into complaints about [forensic accountant John R.] Johnson stemming from divorce squabbles in which he evaluated marital assets. The cases in Diamond’s court include the divorces of millionaire lawyer Gail Koff, head of the Jacoby & Meyers law firm, and fashion designer Cathy Hardwick.
“Johnson determined that Jacoby & Meyers had zero net worth — a finding that supported Diamond’s ruling. She had ruled that Koff’s husband, architect Ralph Brill, was responsible for half of the firm’s $8 million debt from tax problems. … Johnson also said that Hardwick’s name had no value.” (Brad Hamilton, “Divorce Expert Eyed for Covering His Assets”, New York Post, Jun. 27). Koff, we note, is the author of the Jacoby & Meyers Guide to Divorce (Henry Holt, 1991).
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