Criminal
Dec. 15, 2011
Attorney sentenced for stealing from deceased family friend
An Oakland federal judge sentenced former Linklaters LLP lawyer Igor Purlantov to 24 months in prison for stealing money from a deceased family friend.
By Jill Redhage
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An Oakland federal judge sentenced former Linklaters LLP lawyer Igor Purlantov to 24 months in prison for stealing money from a deceased family friend in Contra Costa County and failing to pay taxes on it. He agreed to pay $1.2 million in restitution to the victim's family and $293,000 in back taxes.
Purlantov moved to the Bay Area from South Africa when he was 10 years old and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UC Berkeley. He...
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