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 New Orleans, Louisiana woman, was reportedly sentenced to two decades in prison after posing as an attorney and scamming nearly $2 million from a man who is autistic.
The woman, identified as 45-year-old Kristina Galjour, pleaded guilty on Monday to three counts of practicing law without a license and for theft valued at over $25,000, Nola.com reported citing court documents.
The outlet reported that Galjour, who was not licensed to practice, started to pretend to be an attorney in 2016, a year after the 59-year-old man's parents died.
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said his parents left him with a home in New Orleans and a trust fund, the New York Post reported, managed by Legacy Law Center — where Galjour was an employee.
When the man contacted the authorities, all the money in the trust was gone. WDSU-TV reported that Galjour was arrested in 2019.
Nola.com reported that her guilty plea also includes five other victims, who gave her thousands of dollars while she was acting as an attorney.
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