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Con artist posing as lawyer preyed on duped clients: suit[NYC]
New York Post ^
| October 15, 2017
| By Rebecca Rosenberg and Natalie O'Neil
Posted on 10/15/2017 7:06:41 PM PDT by sparklite2
James Chiarkas, 63, used a slew of fake names and the charm of a snake-oil salesman to trick “clients’’ into thinking he was a lawyer and bilk them out of tens of thousands of dollars, according to court documents.
As with Leonardo DiCaprio’s con-artist character in the 2002 flick “Catch Me If you Can,’’ Chiarkas has allegedly been scamming victims for years.
Chiarkas’s lawyer, David Touger, called the notion hogwash.
“He vociferously denies all charges in the case,” Touger said.
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"Well, it does have its perks."
To: sparklite2
Thought this was another one of the d-mn endless Hillary articles.
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posted on
10/15/2017 7:09:30 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: sparklite2
hope the real lawyer got paid upfront.
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posted on
10/15/2017 7:09:39 PM PDT
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: txnativegop
Probably not. The perp is sitting in Rikers because he can’t make bail.
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posted on
10/15/2017 7:12:22 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
To: sparklite2
...“He vociferously denies all charges in the case...
That means he really, really is innocent.
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posted on
10/15/2017 7:14:59 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
To: sparklite2
“Con artist posing as lawyer”?
Isn’t that redundant? Isn’t that redundant?
To: sparklite2
sucks to be him, then. LOL
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posted on
10/15/2017 8:10:28 PM PDT
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: txnativegop
If an inmate wants to talk to a jail house lawyer, he’s their man. Just be ready to pony up the Little Debbie cakes and Astrolube.
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posted on
10/15/2017 8:23:24 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
To: sparklite2
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posted on
10/15/2017 8:26:51 PM PDT
by
txnativegop
(The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
To: txnativegop
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posted on
10/15/2017 8:29:04 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
To: sparklite2
He doesn’t sound any different than a “real” lawyer to me.
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posted on
10/15/2017 8:46:54 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(TANSTAAFL!)
To: Seruzawa
How about ‘undocumented barrister?’
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posted on
10/15/2017 8:57:07 PM PDT
by
sparklite2
(I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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