Disbarred Florida lawyer gets 33 months for embezzling client funds

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS12) — A federal judge sentenced a disbarred Fort Lauderdale attorney to 33 months for pocketing over $600,000 in client funds.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said John Spencer Jenkins, formerly of Fort Lauderdale, was charged with wire fraud and money laundering.

According to plea documents, his clients wired payment into his law firm’s Interest on Trust Account (IOTA) for legal services from Jenkins…

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