A Louisiana woman was sentenced to 2 decades in prison after pleading guilty to posing as an attorney and stealing millions from autistic man
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- A Lousiana lady was sentenced to 20 years behind bars after pretending to be an lawyer and taking hundreds of thousands from an autistic man.
- Kristina Galjour pleaded responsible to training regulation and not using a license and theft on Monday, Nola.com reported.
- She is ordered to pay the sufferer $1.three million in restitution.
A New Orleans, Louisiana lady, was reportedly sentenced to 20 years in jail after posing as an lawyer and scamming almost $2 million from a person who's autistic.
The lady, recognized as 45-year-old Kristina Galjour, pleaded responsible on Monday to 3 counts of training regulation with no license and for theft valued at over $25,000, Nola.com reported citing courtroom paperwork.
The outlet reported that Galjour, who was not licensed to apply, began to fake to be an lawyer in 2016, a yr after the 59-year-old man's mother and father died.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Workplace stated his mother and father left him with a house in New Orleans and a belief fund, the New York Post reported, managed by Legacy Regulation Middle — the place Galjour was an worker.
The report stated Galjour persuaded the person to provide her energy of lawyer, leading to her blowing his cash on trip, garments, and a number of different luxurious purchases, together with a Jaguar that she purchased in his identify.
In line with stories, Galjour additionally influenced the person to provide her his residence in 2017 after claiming that his neighbors needed to commit him to an establishment.
When the person contacted the authorities, all the cash within the belief was gone. WDSU-TV reported that Galjour was arrested in 2019.
Nola.com reported that her responsible plea additionally consists of 5 different victims, who gave her hundreds of dollars whereas she was appearing as an lawyer.
Based on the report, a decide ordered her to pay restitution to the opposite victims, which additionally consists of $1.three million to the person.
"I'm glad it's over, and he lastly understands that folks consider him over her," Erica Dudas, an advocate for the person, advised Nola.com.A GoFundMe created by Dudas, which has raised almost $43,000, identifies the person as Lawrence Mopskik.
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