USA v. Jones
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1:21-cr-00059
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February 28, 2023
Disbarred Atty Ordered To Pay Back $5.5M To Fraud Victims
A New York federal judge ordered a disbarred California attorney to pay nearly $5.5 million in restitution to the victims of an $8.6 million fraud scheme for which he was sentenced to five and a half years in prison last month.
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February 16, 2023
Feds Want $5.5M Restitution From Ex-Atty For Investor Fraud
U.S. government prosecutors asked a court on Wednesday to order a disbarred attorney to pay $5.5 million in restitution to his victims in a real estate investment fraud scheme.
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January 18, 2023
Disbarred Atty Gets 5½ Years For Investment Fraud Scheme
A disbarred California attorney who pled guilty to running an $8.6 million real estate investment fraud scheme has been sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 5½ years in prison.
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December 13, 2022
Feds Seek 9 Years For Former Attorney After Fraud Plea
Prosecutors urged a New York federal judge to give at least nine years in prison to a former California attorney who pled guilty in November 2021 to running an investment fraud scheme, arguing that he had failed to show any remorse for stealing $5.8 million in investor funds from his two businesses.
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July 26, 2022
Calif. Atty Claims Ex-Counsel Misled Him On Fraud Plea
A former Los Angeles-area lawyer accused of running an investment fraud scheme is requesting to withdraw his guilty plea, saying his former counsel backtracked on pursuing a legal strategy that involved admitting to wire fraud and then requesting a hearing to challenge the government's evidence before sentencing.
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November 02, 2021
LA-Area Atty Pleads Guilty In $5.8M Investment Fraud Scheme
A Los Angeles-area real estate attorney has pled guilty to charges stemming from an alleged $5.8 million wire fraud scheme in which he lied about the assets of his purported investment firm and a purported venture capital firm, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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February 09, 2021
LA-Area Atty Indicted In $4.5M Investment Fraud Scheme
A Los Angeles-area real estate attorney has been accused of swindling at least $4.5 million from investors by lying about the assets of his purported investment firm and a purported venture capital firm, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday in New York federal court.