January 26, 2012 Former Virginia Beach lawyer gets 5 yrs prison for stealing from deceased client www.privateofficer.com
NORFOLK, Va. Jan 26 2012 — A former Virginia Beach lawyer will spend five years in prison for bilking more than $390,000 from the estate of a deceased client.
U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride says Gay was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Norfolk .
A federal jury convicted 52-year-old Brian Gay last October on charges of mail and wire fraud, false statements and unlawful monetary transactions.
U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride says Gay was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Norfolk. He also must pay more than $398,000 in restitution.
According to evidence at trial and court records, Gay was the executor of the estate of Daniel Woodside, who died in 2006. Gay used some of Woodside’s life insurance proceeds to buy himself a home in Naples, Fla., and two Harley Davidson motorcycles.
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