Attorney Faces Charges Of Illegally Pocketing $85K In Proceeds From Client's Home Refinancing

In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review reports:

• A Plum attorney is accused of taking about $85,000 from a client instead of depositing the money into the right account about four years ago. [Last week], Robert L. Williams, 47, [...] surrendered to Allegheny County detectives to face multiple charges of theft by deception and theft by failing to deposit a client's money as required.

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• According a detective's affidavit, Williams helped Alisha L. Branson to obtain a $197,000 mortgage to settle Branson's bankruptcy and improve a house that Branson would then rent out at a residence in Pittsburgh's East End. Prosecutors allege that Williams took about $85,300 from the money after the bankruptcy was settled.

For more, see Plum attorney to face theft charges.