NOT Elder Law, But It Is CRIMINAL Law

As reported in the ABA Journal, “A New Jersey lawyer has been sentenced for 10 years in prison for her part in a scheme to steal $3.8 million from 16 elderly victims:”

Prosecutors say the group took control of the finances of their victims by forging a power of attorney or obtaining one under false pretenses. They then added their names to the victims’ bank accounts and transferred the victims’ funds into accounts they controlled. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Lieberman has agreed to pay $3 million in restitution and testify against her co-defendants. 

Here are more details.  And here. And here. And here.  And according to one news source, the attorney actually served on the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Ethics Committee while already engaged in misusing client funds.  Hat tip to retired New York Attorney Karen Miller, now living in Florida, for sharing a link to the ABA Journal article on this sad set of facts.