Ohio Atty Sentenced to Prison, Restitution for Theft From Trust Fund

An attorney was sentenced in Cuyahoga County to prison time and ordered to pay restitution after he pleaded no contest to charges of theft amounting to more a million dollars.

Judge Michael Astrab handed down an eight-year sentence to 61-year-old Charles Manning of Chesterland on Friday. He also has to pay more than $1.5 million in restitution to the victims and pay a $20,000 fine.

Manning entered the no contest plea to two counts of theft on February 15, 2011.

According to the Cuyahoga Prosecutor’s Office, Manning stole more than $1.5 million from two clients’ trust funds and used the money to invest in a failed water, sewer, pipeline, and a communications and power line construction business operating in southern Ohio.

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Attorney Charles Manning Sentenced to Prison Time, Restitution for Theft