Mr.
Schiff: This is a case of greed.
Clients ripped off by a lawyer. FBI
Special Agent Brian Weber found the
subject spent client's money for personal
reasons
Mr. Weber: "Lavish vacations.
Mortgage on his mansion overlooking
the San Francisco Bay. A 73-foot yacht
that the individual owned. Expensive
meals. That money was then gone and
it was unable to be paid back to the
clients."
Mr. Schiff: Weber
says clients didn't get their settlement
money…
Mr. Weber: "The defendant
would then take that money, spend
part of it on personal reasons, and
spend part it to pay back the clients
who's money had been taken earlier
in the case."
Mr. Schiff:
Lots of victims and millions of dollars.
On arrest day, Weber says FBI Agents
and area police drove to the lawyer's
house. Weber called him…
Mr. Weber: "And explained
that we had an indictment; that we
were all waiting outside and I asked
him to please come outside because
he was going to be placed under arrest.
The defendant complied."
Mr. Schiff: It's
14 years in prison for the lawyer.
A jury convicted him on six counts
of Mail Fraud and nine counts of Money
Laundering. I'm Neal Schiff of the
Bureau and that's the FBI's Closed
Case of the Week."
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