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Criminal

Feb. 18, 2011

O.C. Attorney to Be Arraigned in Gold Mine Scam

An Irvine lawyer is being arraigned on 27 counts of defrauding investors in an African gold mine.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - An Irvine lawyer is scheduled to be arraigned today on 27 counts of grand theft and fraud for allegedly stealing $898,000 from 11 victims.


Working with two nonlawyers, Jan Morton Heger persuaded the victims to pay fees from $25,000 to $177,000 to invest in a purported gold mine in Ghana. People v. Heger, 11CF0215.


"This is the live version of that Nigerian gold...

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