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A disbarred attorney will spend about four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing close to $1 million owed to an ex-NYPD police officer to cover his 9/11 related medical expenses.
Gustavo Vila represented Officer John Ferreyra of Kings Park, Long Island, in his quest for money from the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund.
Ferreyra told the judge that Vila is a devious man and a former cop.
“He was more concerned about his well-being knowing what we had been through, knowing what I had been through and again he walked the same path I did. He was there at Ground Zero,” Ferreyra said.
Ex-lawyer gets 4 years for stealing hero NYPD cop s 9/11 payout
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Disbarred lawyer Gus Vila sentenced for 9/11 compensation fraud
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Ex-cop-turned-lawyer gets 4+ years in prison in 9/11 scam
A former police lieutenant-turned-lawyer has been sentenced to over four years in prison after cheating a fellow officer of $900,000 he was owed for working at the smoldering World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. A former police lieutenant-turned-lawyer was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison after cheating a fellow officer of $900,000 he was owed for working at the smoldering World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.