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Criminal

Jul. 26, 2014

Costa Mesa lawyer faces prison for defrauding immigrants, real estate fraud

The attorney faces federal prison time after pleading guilty to defrauding immigrants about to be deported and separately to helping a former client perpetrate a real estate fraud.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Costa Mesa lawyer faces federal prison time after pleading guilty to defrauding immigrants about to be deported and separately to helping a former client perpetrate a real estate fraud.


According to court pleadings, Gino Paul Pietro began in 2010 to assist a client with a scheme to purchase two gas stations by defrauding lenders. The client, Donald Keith Goff, had engaged in a similar deal a ...

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