Friday, June 18, 2010

Man Embezzles From Family, Gets Prison

A man who stole his siblings’ inheritance was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison earlier this week.

Stephen Beal Berg must also pay his family $297,000 in restitution, a Napa County Superior Court judge ordered.

In April, Berg pleaded no contest to embezzlement and forgery after he used loans to siphon money from his mother’s estate following her death in August 2006.

He faced up to five years and eight months in prison. Attorneys agreed to the nearly three-year sentence.

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Man Embezzles From Family, Gets Prison

3 comments:

Luis said...

Children wouldn't have to steal from parents if the families could work together openly, planning for the future.

Lou said...

I'd would like to see some of the professional guardians, conservators, attorneys and judges get sentenced to prison time for embezzlement and medicaid fraud when they steal "mother's estate!"

MaeEliz said...

As Lou said, treat the professional guardians, their attorneys and the judge in the same way. They are the biggest thieves.