Ex-Pennsylvania Attorney Gets 51 Months For Stealing From Dead Clients; Cheating IRS

The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) reports:

• A former South Whitehall attorney will spend 51 months in prison and must pay more than $1.4 million in restitution for stealing from the estates of deceased clients and cheating on his taxes, all while living an opulent lifestyle that included two homes and five cars. Michael Kasprenski, 44, ... was indicted by a federal grand jury in June 2006 and pleaded guilty in February of this year to 24 counts of mail, wire and bank fraud and failing to file federal income taxes.

• In one theft, Kasprenski took a check destined to pay off a client's mortgage and deposited it into his attorney account to pay personal bills.

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