Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Update: Former Virginia Attorney Sentenced To 15 Years For $2 Million Embezzlement

Lawrence H. Bidwell, 49, of Farmville, Virginia, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, half the time suspended, for embezzling more than $2 million from the Virginia Farm Bureau, where he worked as a claims counsel. Bidwell was also ordered to pay $2,103,737 in restitution. He plead guilty to five counts of embezzlement and one count of forgery in November 2008. The scheme lasted at least 12 years.

Read FraudTalk's original post on this story here.

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