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Criminal

Dec. 7, 2013

Non-lawyer at San Diego firm pleads guilty to fraud

Eric Phillips, a non-lawyer "senior vice president" of a San Diego-based law firm, pled guilty this week to defrauding hundreds of clients seeking bad credit relief and portraying himself as an attorney with 34 years of experience.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A nonlawyer "senior vice president" of a San Diego-based law firm pleaded guilty this week to portraying himself as an attorney with 34 years of experience and defrauding hundreds of clients seeking relief from bad credit.


Eric Phillips pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Nita L. Stormers and faces up to 20 years in prison. Sentencing by U.S. District J...

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