A former Orlando attorney will spend more than three years in prison after stealing $100,000 in insurance settlement money from a Vietnam veteran.
The victim, a Vietnam veteran, was hit by a bicycle in Lehigh Acres in 2019. Prosecutors say Stephen Jones misappropriated the insurance settlement funds that were due to his client.
As part of his sentence, Jones must pay $100,000 in restitution, with $36,000 going to the victim and his wife. The remaining $64,000 will go to the Florida Bar Clients’ Security Fund, which had previously reimbursed the victim after determining Jones had misappropriated those funds…