A Melville-based attorney pleaded not guilty to a grand larceny charge on Friday for allegedly stealing funds designated for a client’s purposes, Suffolk officials said.

Attorney Michael Tulchiner, 61, of Bellmore, allegedly took funds that were supposed to pay off a client’s debt to finalize a real estate transaction and used them for his own business purposes, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said in a news release on Friday.

A client, who the district attorney did not identify, retained Tulchiner to help close a real estate transaction, Tierney said. To complete the transaction, Tulchiner "was provided with a refinance loan on behalf of his client" to pay off a previous loan that client held, the release reads. The attorney was only authorized to use $413,237 from the refi

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