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Criminal

Jan. 12, 2013

Former federal criminal defense lawyer sentenced to 7 years in prison

A gang member-turned-lawyer who fell back in with criminal associates was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for helping to launder more than $1.3 million in illicit money.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Not all stories have happy endings.


A gang member-turned-lawyer who fell back in with criminal associates was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison for helping launder more than $1.3 million in illicit money.


U.S. District Court Judge Dean D. Pregerson sentenced defendant Isaac E. Guillen - formerly a federal criminal defense lawyer based in Burbank - after Guillen pled guilty to a doze...

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