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Criminal

Jul. 1, 2010

Man Jailed For Impersonating Lawyer

A Cuban national who pretended to be an attorney in an elaborate scheme to bill other immigrants for his purported legal services has been sentenced to 61 months in federal prison.

By Evan George

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Cuban national who pretended to be an attorney in an elaborate scheme to bill other immigrants for his purported legal services has been sentenced to 61 months in federal prison.

Raul Ernest Alonso-Prieto, 61, assumed the name "Kenneth Robert-Murphy Peterson," a variation on the name of a real California attorney, and set up a fictional charity organization called the Amicus...

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