Fraud & the Family Shakedown

April 29, 2018 Edmund Burke 0

StepMother as Fraudster? From Forbes: (The following is excerpted from The Wolf at the Door: Undue Influence and Elder Financial Abuse.) I read the latest summary sheet of our law firm’s disputed probate, estate and trust […]

Probate & Estate Paralegal Convicted

April 22, 2018 Edmund Burke 0

Trust And Estate Clients Targeted By Firm’s Staffer. (Via FBI) Greensboro, N.C. – A North Carolina resident was sentenced Friday to 65 months in federal prison on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, […]

Bar Backs Lawyer Over Victims

April 15, 2018 Edmund Burke 0

GLASGOW (Kentucky) – The attorney for a Greensburg-based, now former lawyer accused of misusing client funds to pay off gambling debts has requested and received extra time to prepare his defense in the federal case against […]

Lying: How to Spot it

April 8, 2018 Edmund Burke 0

“ARE YOU LYING TO ME?” Via Strategic Finance Magazine Do you lie or otherwise distort the truth? Perhaps you’d say “no”—or at least “not often.” If that’s your answer, either you’re statistically more honest than […]