Current And Former Personal Injury Lawyer both charged with Embezzlement
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
The long time 21 month investigation brought charges this Thursday against a Tulsa personal injury lawyer and another former lawyer on the allegations that they embezzled over $1.1 million from their clients.
In a stunning news release that comes out from the office of Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson, William J. Anton and Fred M. Schraeder are accused in a scheme of racketeering, conspiracy and multiple counts of embezzlement, forgery and also workers’ compensation fraud.
Schraeder who is currently 59, is also current Tulsa attorney and Anton who is 59, is ex or former lawyer who gave his law license back in 2007, but continued to practice the law. The two men are accused of embezzling $1,169,514.18 from their own clients personal injury funds and life insurance settlements and other benefits and various claims.
What is most interesting about the story is when a source said “The majority of the funds Anton and Schraeder are accused of stealing were intended to benefit Oklahomans who had been injured, whether on the job or in some type of accident”.
The detailed investigation of these personal injury lawyers conducted by the police department has uncovered that both defendants have paid their own personal expenses by using clients money. They
also point out that a discovery was made in a connection with Anton making a large number of ATM withdrawals, some ATM machines being located at casinos.
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