A disbarred Beverly Hills lawyer pleaded guilty on Aug. 10 to a federal criminal charge that he stole more than $500,000 from a client he represented in bankruptcy proceedings.

Alan F. Broidy, 65, pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen property. The defendant allegedly used part of the money to pay off a $75,000 debt.

According to his plea agreement, Broidy was hired to represent GRL-Mesa Investments LLC, a Phoenix-based company that filed for Chapter 11 protection in United States Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles in December 2015. In August 2016, the bankruptcy case was resolved and dismissed.

Broidy admitted that on Aug. 16, 2016, without his client’s knowledge or consent, he deposited $100,000 of GRL-Mesa’s money into his personal bank account and then transferred $75,000 of that money to a bank account in New York of one of Broidy’s own creditors. Broidy faces a 10-year prison sentence.