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January 18, 2018

Feds Charge Fake Attorney With Fraud And Money Laundring

A 30-year-old Sacramento man is charged with bilking a Santa Clara County couple of $535,000 by pretending to be a lawyer.

Federal prosecutors said Thursday that a federal grand jury indicted Derek Bluford on five counts of wire fraud and money laundering.  Bluford owned California Legal Pros, offering legal services to rental property owners.  Prosecutors say he told the couple he was an attorney and that they had to pay numerous fines and court costs to repair their rental property in Discovery Bay, in Contra Costa County.

Sac Bee, 1/18/18

Posted by at 03:42 PM in Fraud, Money Laundering |

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