Criminal
Mar. 26, 2008
Phony Los Angeles Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Clients
Ross Berton was sentenced to 12 years in prison earlier this month after pleading guilty to 19 felony counts of fraud and theft.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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LOS ANGELES - Standing with the support of a walker, Brandy Sarabia waited at the Bakersfield train station in early January to welcome her husband home from prison after 17 years.
A few months earlier, Sarabia, a multiple sclerosis victim living on disability, had paid $22,000 to a man she thought was an a...
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