Criminal
Oct. 3, 2009
Attorney Misspent Settlement
A former plaintiffs' attorney from Irvine has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for squandering nearly all of a $2.7 million settlement he won for employees in a class-action lawsuit by investing it in the stock market.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES A former plaintiffs' attorney from Irvine has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for squandering nearly all of a $2.7 million settlement he won for employees in a class-action lawsuit.
On Wednesday, Sandeep Baweja, who ran the Baweja Law Group until he voluntarily resigned from the State Bar in April, agreed to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud a...
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