Thursday, July 05, 2007

Disbarred Northern Florida Lawyer Cops "No Contest" Plea

The Pensacola News Journal reports:

  • "A disbarred Pensacola attorney who admitted stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of his clients' money for his personal use faces at least four years in state prison. Vince Whibbs Jr., 62, known as "Vinnie," pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges of racketeering, grand theft and mortgage fraud involving the theft of more than $680,000. A second grand theft charge was dropped."
For more, see Whibbs Jr. awaits sentence (Disbarred attorney pleads no contest to bilking clients). For a prior story on Vincent J. Whibbs, see Whibbs faces fourth charge (Disbarred attorney also is accused of racketeering).