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Texas attorney sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for scamming drug traffickers Associated Press Tags: Handcuffs graphic SHERMAN, Texas – A Texas lawyer known as the “DWI Dude” has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for falsely promising Colombian drug traffickers he’d get their charges reduced or dismissed in exchange for cash, prosecutors said. Jamie Balagia, 65, was sentenced Monday to 188 months in federal prison. He was convicted after a two-week trial in 2019 of conspiracy to commit money laundering, obstruction of justice, violation of the Kingpin Act, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice. ....
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Texas Attorney gets Prison Time for Scamming Drug Traffickers
SAN ANTONIO,TX – A Texas attorney has been sentenced to federal prison for scamming Colombian drug traffickers. Jamie Balagia was sentenced to 16 years after scamming Colombian drug traffickers out of $1.5 million dollars. Balagia was convicted in 2019 on several conspiracy charges and violation of the Kingpin Act, among other crimes. According to court information, Balagia conspired with a Florida private investigator and a Colombian attorney to scam drug traffickers telling them they were bribing U.S. officials. During meetings, the group would charge inflated ‘attorney fees” and in exchange would bribe government officials that would either reduce or dismiss criminal charges. ....
Texas Lawyer Gets 15 Years for Scheme to Defraud Cocaine Traffickers A lawyer known as the D.W.I. Dude pocketed money that he told drug dealers would be used to bribe officials, prosecutors said. James Morris Balagia, a former police officer turned defense lawyer, cut a striking figure in Texas’s legal scene, once arriving for a hearing in a vehicle emblazoned with the slogan “Busted? Call the Dude!” Credit.William Luther/The San Antonio Express-News, via Associated Press May 5, 2021, 9:05 a.m. ET A Texas lawyer known as the D.W.I. Dude for specializing in defending clients charged with driving while intoxicated and drug possession was sentenced this week to more than 15 years in prison for a scheme to pocket money that Colombian cocaine traffickers had been told would go to bribe officials, federal prosecutors said. ....
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