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Lawyer Who Plundered Millions From Estates Gets Prison Time

By on October 11, 2019 in Criminal Law

Thomas Lagan, one of two lawyers who took part in a nearly $9 million scheme that victimized the elderly, has been sentenced to four to 12 years in prison, the New York state attorney general’s office announced.

Lagan and fellow lawyer and co-defendant Richard Sherwood were charged with stealing almost $10 million from family trusts they were responsible for overseeing, reports the Albany Times Union.

Lagan, 60, pleaded guilty to first-degree grand larceny in state court in Albany. He pleaded guilty to federal charges in August.

Sherwood, who has pleaded guilty, awaits sentencing.

Read the  Times Union article.

 

 

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