Torrington Lawyer Given Prison For Client Theft
|
LITCHFIELD, Conn. (AP) - A former Torrington lawyer has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing more than $4 million from a client who suffered from dementia.
Seventy-six-year-old Peter Sivaslian was sentenced Tuesday in Litchfield Superior Court. He had made good on a pledge to repay $4.5 million in principal and interest.
Sivaslian pleaded no contest in May to two counts of first-degree larceny.
Sivaslian had been accused of embezzling millions from the estate of Jane Wiederhold, a former New York City model who suffered from dementia before she died last year at her Barkhamsted home.
Sivaslian must also perform 1,000 hours of community service.
___
Information from: Republican-American, http://www.rep-am.com
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) |
|
|
|
|
