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Former attorney charged with identity theft, fraud
Friday August 01, 2003LOS ANGELES (AP) A former attorney was arrested Thursday on a warrant charging him with identity theft and fraud, authorities said.
Lloyd Segal, 55, is being held on $180,000 bail in the Riverside County Jail.
He faces four felony charges of filing a false financial statement using someone's Social Security number; two counts each of theft by false pretenses; identity theft; and one count of grand theft by access card. If convicted on all charges, he faces up to nine years in state prison.
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office said Segal filed three voluntary bankruptcy petitions between 1998-2000, using different Social Security numbers and name variations.
He is also accused of owing nearly $35,000 in back rent on a home in Bel Air and a condominium in Marina del Rey.
Segal was suspended from practicing law by the state bar in 2002 after he pleaded guilty to federal bankruptcy fraud. He is scheduled to begin serving an 18-month federal prison term Aug. 15, authorities said.
Segal resigned last week from the state bar, according to the organization's Web site.
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