Fraudster lawyer gets 4 years in prison for filing hundreds of bogus disability suitsBy Priscilla DeGregory
August 4, 2023
An infamous ambulance-chasing lawyer — exposed as a scammer by The Post in 2019 — was sentenced to four years behind bars for filing close to 300 sham lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act in New York and Florida.
Stuart Finkelstein, 68, was handed the sentence Thursday from Manhattan federal Judge Paul Gardephe, who also slapped him with three years of post-release supervision and over $800,000 in fines and forfeitures.
Gardephe will determine the restitution Finkelstein must pay at a later date.
The Davie, Fla., man pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud in July 2022 for a scheme in which he filed hundreds of suits under the identities of two people who had no idea he was claiming to represent them.
Through the fraudulent litigation, Finkelstein cost businesses over $1.5 million in settlement deals — and personally profited to the tune of $650,000, prosecutors have said.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/04/fraudster-lawyer-gets-4-years-for-bogus-disability-suit-scam/
