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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Jul. 12, 2014

Disbarred lawyer sentenced to jail for embezzliing $469,000 from employer

Wayne Martin Fong pleaded guilty to counts of grand theft, money laundering


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Alawyer disbarred for embezzling nearly $500,000 from the title company where he worked must spend six months in jail, an Orange County Superior Court judge ordered last week.


Wayne Martin Fong of Tustin pleaded guilty to seven counts of grand theft and five counts of money laundering plus enhancements. Prosecutors had sought a sentence of more than five years in prison, according to Deputy Dis...

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