Stealing Vacant Lots Gets Disbarred Lawyer 12 Years In Pen

In Chicago, Illinois, the Chicago Tribune reports:

• Phillip Radmer, a disbarred Berwyn attorney who created phony corporations and invented board members to steal the properties of poor churches, nonprofit groups and businesses, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison. "Mr. Radmer has ruined a lot of people's lives in this case," Cook County Circuit Judge Stanley Sacks said in imposing the sentence for theft and forgery. Representatives of six churches told the judge that the scheme forced them to spend scarce resources to untangle the mess left behind by Radmer over who rightfully owned the properties.

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