June 13, 2023
A Newport Beach, California, lawyer who solicited money from five investors to allegedly provide short-term, high-interest loans to the rich and famous has agreed to plead guilty in California federal court to fraud charges, admitting she lost over $8 million gambling away the funds in Las Vegas casinos and funding her lavish lifestyle, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
February 13, 2023
A Southern California lawyer tricked a company into fronting more than $10 million to her lending firm, purportedly to make loans secured by high-end goods and major-league sports contracts, but instead gambled it away in Las Vegas, a federal court complaint alleges.