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Criminal

Jan. 27, 2009

Lawyer, Five Others Named in Orange County Ponzi Scheme

A lawyer is scheduled to turn himself into custody today on charges he was in-house counsel for an elaborate real estate Ponzi scheme in Orange County that conned $52 million from mostly elderly investors.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - A lawyer is scheduled to turn himself into custody today on charges he was in-house counsel for an elaborate real estate Ponzi scheme in Orange County that conned $52 million from mostly elderly investors.

Five other men were charged in the scheme, which allegedly snared more than 1,000 people. The complaint filed by the state Department of Justice alleges the six defendants duped inve...

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