May 8, 2025
Newport Beach attorney sentenced to 21 months for $9M fraud scheme
Newport Beach attorney sentenced to prison for $8.7 million fraud scheme that helped fund Las Vegas gambling spree.
A Newport Beach attorney who orchestrated an elaborate $8.7 million fraud scheme was sentenced Monday to one year and nine months in federal prison.
Sara Jacqueline King, 41, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana federal court after pleading guilty in June 2023 to wire fraud and money laundering charges. U.S.A. v. Sara Jacqueline King, 8:23-cr-00079-DOC, (C.D. Cal., filed June 12, 2023).
Prosecutors detailed how King used he...
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