A former lawyer pleaded guilty in Allen County Superior Court to charges of corrupt business influence and theft, admitting to stealing money from his clients.
Daniel E. Serban, 53, will be sentenced in mid-May. He pleaded guilty to two of the four charges against him – Class C felony corrupt business influence and Class D felony theft.
Arrested and charged last September, Serban admitted Monday to failing to distribute money paid into Serban Law Office’s Trust Account to the appropriate clients or to those entitled by court order to receive it.
During the course of the investigation, Serban told officers some of the money he used to pay off the original client, after he was confronted, had been taken from money put into the trust account for an estate. He told investigators he forged the name of the estate’s personal representative on the check.
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He admits it? OK, let's dispense with the formalities and send him on his way to prison then.
More and more of these lawyer theft stories are surfacing. I wonder how many are just plain getting away with it.
Hey Terry more of this going on more than you think cause they know no one is watching where is the IRS? Are they scrutinizing those getting rich in the probate gold mine? No they are going after the little guy most often those who own their small businesses playing stupid to the fact that there is big money to be recovered if only they would open their eyes and take the earplugs out of their ears.
I wonder if he started out as a young, idealistic lawyer and when he went bad....
He found out how easy it is to steal most of his buds got away with it. Oak Tree Justice bring it back bring it on.
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