All posts tagged "lawyer fraud"
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3.5KFederal LawFederal Judge Sentencing Disparity: Texas Tax Lawyer Receives 6 Months and Client 18 Months Jail
U.S. District Judge Karen Gren Scholer sentenced Client Thomas Selgas to 18 months in prison and Texas Attorney John Green to six...
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2.8KLaws In VirginiaLawyer Found Guilty by Jury of Elder Abuse. The Judiciary Should Plead Guilty Themselves Too.
Elder abuse is a serious crime against some of our nation’s most vulnerable citizens, affecting 10 percent or more of older Americans...
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4.3KFederal LawTexas Lawyer Stephen Pursley Received 24 Months for $5M IRS Tax Evasion. Now He Wants Home 18 Months Early.
Steve Pursley was facing a hefty jail term, which the guidelines state could be 20 years or more. Of course, being a...
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3.6KLawyer ComplaintsMeanwhile in NJ, a Thievin’ Lawyer is Disbarred, Disbarred Again and Whacked with a Criminal Court Case
Lawyer Bert Lundberg did a terrible deed. He finched $71,000 that was a homeowner(s) deposit for their precious new abode. Imagine.
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3.2KLawyer ComplaintsBig Law Firms DLA Piper and Fox Rothschild Accused of Turning A Blind Eye for Easy Cash
The receiver for investment funds accused of operating as a Ponzi scheme has sued DLA Piper and Fox Rothschild for allegedly facilitating...
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3.4KFederal LawFifth Circuit Judge Edith Brown Clement Understands the Various Badges of Fraud in Law. The Caveat is Lawyers Are Immune
An individual badge of fraud is not conclusive, but a concurrence of many badges in the same case will always make out...
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3.5KEditors ChoiceIn 2020 the ABA President Asked for Rebellion in Austin. This is Another Example of Why the Profession Has Become Tyrannical
American Bar Association President Judy Perry Martinez incited rebellion at the House of Delegates at the 2020 ABA Midyear Meeting in Austin,...
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4.7KEditors ChoiceD.C. Lawyer Robert M. Schulman Too Big To Jail or Even Disbar as a Convicted Felon. Defund The Bar.
Buried: In this case, the convicted felon lawyer has consented - how noble - to a conveniently backdated suspension. He is not...
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2.9KLaws In TexasAnother Law Firm With A Plague Of Ethical Issues – DLA is Left Looking for the Pied Piper
This strident double-dealing by Ferrellgas’ trusted counsel - DLA Piper - shocks the conscience, according to the suit, filed in state court...
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3.6KLaws In TexasTexas Lawyers Con Existing Client to Loan One of Law Firms Clients Money, Which Went Right Back to Law Firm in Attorney Fees
Ex-Client Lodges $1.3M Fraud Suit Against Texas Law firm Foley & Lardner, inc. 2 H-town Lawyers. Lots of conflicts in this legal...
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3.4KFederal LawTwo Texans Get 5 Years Each for Theft of $25,000 in Iowa. Iowa Attorney Gets Zero Jail Time, No Felony Record and Keeps her Law License for $100,000 theft.
The two Texans were arrested June 11 after employees at Sioux City's Scheels store saw them making suspicious purchases on a credit...
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4.2KFederal LawLawyer Meyer Suspended in Iowa for Fraudulent Billing in Excess of $100k in Attorney Fees. Citizen Jacobs Wrote Bad Checks for $1,100 and was Sentenced to 5 Years Jail
Lawyers Above the Law: It's very disheartening when you read articles about lawyer theft by overbilling attorney fees and they are given...
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3.7K1Federal LawAre the 3-Panel at an Appellate Court Obligated to Report Attorney Fraud? Nay, Sayeth the Eleventh Circuit. The Law, However, Does Not Support this Theory.
What started out as an 11th Circuit review of a Fraudulent Transfer Appeal ended up telling the beginning of a 60 minute...
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3.9KFederal LawFlorida Attorney Who Owned a Strip Club Disbarred for Stealing Client Funds. No Mention of Jail or an Indictment. Who’s on the VIP Client List?
Disbarred Florida Lawyer Brett Hartley misappropriated funds from multiple clients and then made intentional misrepresentations to presiding judges in order to conceal...
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2.9KFederal LawTexas Lawyer Tossed Out of Idaho After Texas Conviction
Texas Attorney Green, a Republican, who has said he considers the IRS a “criminal organization.” Green also has compared the U.S. government...
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3.5KFederal LawTexas Lawyer On Trial for Federal Tax Evasion involving Millions of Dollars and Shelf Companies. No Doubt A lot of Other Texas Lawyers Will Be Watching and Worrying
The indictment alleges that Pursley received more than $4.8 million and an ownership interest in the co-conspirator’s ongoing business for his role...
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2.6KFederal LawAttorney Who Called Himself “Mr Social Security” Paid Kickbacks to Judges and Doctors and Cost the TaxPayers Over $550 Million in Lifetime Benefit Payments is Sentenced
Conn was originally charged in April 2016, along with Daugherty and Adkins, in an 18-count indictment with conspiracy to commit mail and...
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3.3KFederal LawWhen You Get a Million Dollar Settlement in a Patent Case, Don’t Evade Paying Your Taxes on the Reported Settlement or the IRS Will Indict You and Your Crooked Lawyer
According to the indictment, Thomas and Michelle Selgas, a married couple, conspired with John O. Green, an attorney licensed to practice in...
