Advance to Jail
am 06.12.2004 von http://www.recht.us/amlaw
CK - Washington. A criminal court convicted an Emmerich attorney who had requested and accepted advance payments from his clients without stating in the engagement letters that the payments were to constitute an advance. A prosecutor argued that the acceptance of funds for services not yet provided could constitute fraud. The court considered the lack of the term advance a flaw that caused clients to be deceived. The attorney was sentenced to a penalty of 22 days, each to be paid at the ratio of his average daily income, or served in jail. The lawyer noted an appeal.
The name of the lawyer remains unpublished as is customary in Germany. While there is …
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