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Former SoCal attorney sentenced on fraud charges
Monday August 18, 2003LOS ANGELES (AP) A former attorney was sentenced to 32 months in prison after pleading guilty on Monday to two fraud charges, authorities said.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Horwitz also ordered Lloyd Segal, 55, to pay $18,249 in restitution.
Segal pleaded guilty to defrauding an innkeeper and filing a false financial statement using someone else's Social Security number.
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 also allegedly owed 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 resigned from the bar last month.
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