Allen County prosecutors added additional charges to the criminal case against local lawyer Daniel E. Serban after investigators said he admitted misappropriating money from an estate account.Charged with corrupt business influence and theft, Serban, now faces additional charges of forgery and theft.
In the original charges, Serban is accused of 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.
But when he was arrested Thursday, 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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Forgery Charge Added Against Local Lawyer
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2 comments:
What is the state and the state Bar Association doing to keep thieving lawyers down?
Looks like he might be packing for a ride to the big house!
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