Man pretending to be an attorney strolls into crash site with green vest to take advantage of victims: Police

A man was jailed in Texas after authorities say he showed up at the scene of a car crash wearing a green vest and pretending to be an attorney.

Pedro Guajardo Cura, 53, has been charged with barratry, defined as “the act of encouraging lawsuits between others in order to create legal business for one’s personal gain and profit.” Those who engage in barratry are also sometimes known derisively as “ambulance chasers.”

Cura, however, was apparently not an attorney…

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