Solicitor jailed for 10 years for misappropriating millions meant for charities
Solicitor jailed for 10 years for misappropriating millions meant for charities By Naomi Neilson|17 March 2021 A Sydney-based solicitor has been jailed for 10 years for misappropriating more than $6 million that two deceased clients had left to charitable organisations. Mark Lee O'Brien was handed the sentence in the District Court of NSW after it found him guilty of fraudulently obtaining more than $6 million from his clients in 2015, 2017 and 2018 to purchase a $3.5 million property and to allegedly intend to use some of the funds to keep his firm afloat. He will serve a non-parole period...
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