Sunday, September 02, 2007

Cleveland Attorney Indicted Of Stealing $178K From Clients

In Ohio, a Cleveland Plain Dealer blog reports:
  • "A Cleveland attorney was indicted [Thursday] in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on theft charges accusing her of stealing more than $178,000 from an East Side church and a probate estate. Cynthia D. Smith, 53, is accused of stealing $100,000 from the Eternal Security Baptist Church and more than $78,000 from a representative of a probate estate administered in Connecticut when she sold a property in Cleveland."

For more, see Cleveland lawyer charged with theft.