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Criminal

Mar. 28, 2014

Attorney sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing from clients

James V. Reiss took $2M in fraudulent pay from LA County transit authority


By Katie Lucia


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A disbarred Rancho Cucamonga attorney was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for stealing more than $3 million from clients, including $2 million from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority.


James V. Reiss, 52, pleaded no contest to two counts of grand theft earlier this month and agreed to pay restitution to his former clients. On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judg...

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