A Salt Lake City attorney will spend nearly a decade in prison after he pleaded guilty last month to embezzling over $12 million from elderly and disabled clients.
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After hearing from victims who lost millions, a federal judge rejected a plea deal for a Salt Lake lawyer charged with stealing money from his disabled clients.
A prominent Salt Lake City attorney thought he would be spending just over six years in prison after embezzling more than 12 million dollars from dozens of clients over a span of 13 years.
Salt Lake attorney Calvin Curtis embezzled millions of dollars from disabled clients, including the family of the late extreme skier Shane McConkey. Curtis pleaded guilty in federal court and face more than six years in prison.