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Criminal

Feb. 13, 2001

Malpractice Attorney Gets 22-Year Sentence

INDIO - A medical malpractice lawyer convicted of cheating and molesting more than two dozen clients has been sentenced to 22 years and four months in prison.

        INDIO - A medical malpractice lawyer convicted of cheating and molesting more than two dozen clients has been sentenced to 22 years and four months in prison.
        Lingaraj Bahinipaty, 59, received close to the maximum term after a prosecutor presented evidence at a sentencing hearing Friday that he had committed similar misconduct while practicing medicine and law in Canada and San ...

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