A disbarred Halifax lawyer was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday for stealing over $1.3 million from the trust funds of clients from 2000 to 2005.
Srinivasen Pillay, 51, pleaded guilty last month to 33 counts of theft over $5,000 and one count of theft under $5,000. As part of his sentence yesterday in a Halifax courtroom, Pillay was also handed a restitution order for $1.38 million to the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, who disbarred Pillay in 2005 after finding him guilty of professional misconduct.
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Disbarred Lawyer Gets Four Years in Prison
See -- in Canada it's jail AND restitution!
ReplyDeleteyes i hear you anon prison and restitution is the only acceptable punishment in the name of justice sending a strong message to others who are in positions of trust - you better think hard and long - don't do it!
ReplyDeleteIf crime didn't just not pay, but cost the offenders, they might think twice about exploiting the elderly.
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