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Criminal

Dec. 12, 2013

Orange County lawyer sentenced in bribery scheme

Lawrence Anthony Witsoe, 70, who was convicted this year in a bribery scheme to obtain dismissal of a criminal case against a client, has been sentenced to year and a day in federal prison.


By Alexandra Schwappach


Daily Journal Staff Writer


An Orange County criminal defense attorney who was convicted this year in a bribery scheme to obtain dismissal of a criminal case against a client has been sentenced to year and a day in federal prison.


The Mission Viejo-based attorney, Lawrence Anthony Witsoe, 70, and co-defendant Aaron Scott Vigil, a former task force officer with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, were both convict...

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