New York man pleads guilty to posing as lawyer, stealing over $290K from more than 100 clients
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Sean Mescall, a 46-year-old man from Newburgh, New York, pled guilty to stealing over $290,000 from more than 100 clients while impersonating a lawyer. He created fake law firms and misrepresented his qualifications, claiming to have graduated from Texas Tech University School of Law. His fraudulent activities took place between April 2022 and January 2024, during which he even hired a licensed attorney to further his deceit. Mescall is expected to serve 2-6 years in prison following his guilty plea for grand larceny and fraud.
Sean Mescall went to extreme lengths to steal from over 100 New Yorkers, falsely posing as an attorney providing legal assistance, while he was actually exploiting them.
Mescall told this attorney that he had graduated from law school, that he was licensed to practice law in New York, New Jersey and other places, and that he had been practicing law since 'before she was born.'
Read at ABA Journal
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