Paw Paw insurance agent to pay $70K restitution after embezzling from client with dementia
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
The Van Buren County Courthouse in Paw Paw, Michigan on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. (Kendall Warner | Mlive.com) Kendall Warner | MLive.com
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VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI – A former Paw Paw insurance agent was sentenced to probation and house arrest for embezzling money from an elderly client who had dementia.
Brian Lietzau, 60, was sentenced March 15 to 36 months of probation, with six months of house arrest, by Van Buren County Circuit Judge Kathleen Brickley. He is also required to pay $70,000 in restitution.
Lietzau pleaded no contest Feb. 5 to one count of embezzlement from a vulnerable adult, $50,000 or more but less than $100,000, after accepting a plea agreement. Additional felony charges were dismissed as part of the agreement.
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PAW PAW, Mich. â A former Paw Paw insurance agent has been sentenced to 36 monthsâ probation â with six months under house arrest â and ordered to pay restitution for embezzling between $50,000 and $100,000 from an elderly client, according to a news release Tuesday.
Brian Lietzau, 60, appeared before Judge Kathleen M. Brickley in Van Buren County Circuit Court.
His sentencing follows a plea deal he entered in February, in which he pleaded no contest to one count of embezzlement from a vulnerable adult, $50,000 or more but less than $100,000.
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This release was issued through the Attorney General s office.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, March 16, 2021
LANSING - A former Paw Paw insurance agent has been sentenced to 36 months probation - with six months under house arrest - and ordered to pay restitution for embezzling between $50,000 and $100,000 from an elderly client, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced today.
Brian Lietzau, 60, appeared Monday before Judge Kathleen M. Brickley in Van Buren County Circuit Court. His sentencing follows a plea deal he entered in February in which he pleaded no contest to one count of embezzlement from a vulnerable adult, $50,000 or more but less than $100,000.
Former Paw Paw insurance agent Brian Lietzau will spend three years on probation and serve six months of house arrest after pleading no contest to embezzling