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A disbarred attorney from Northern Westchester will spend time behind bars after he admitted to stealing approximately $1 million that was rewarded to one of his clients from the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.
Yorktown Heights resident Gustavo Vila has been sentenced to 51 months in prison after pleading guilty in White Plains Federal Court for stealing from his client, who was a first responder who suffered life-threatening medical conditions while cleaning up the crash site at Ground Zero.
The Victim Compensation Fund was created in the wake of the terror attack to provide government funds to compensate anyone who was harmed or killed as a result of the attacks.
Disbarred lawyer Gus Vila sentenced for 9/11 compensation fraud
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Truly despicable crime Disbarred attorney sentenced for stealing nearly $1M from 9/11 responder
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“I knowingly did it. I knew it was a crime. I knew it was illegal and I was aware of what I was doing. I had no excuse for it,” the former NYPD lieutenant told Judge Vincent L. Briccetti during his guilty plea.
Ferreyra received only $100,000 of the money he was awarded after his 2005 cancer diagnosis. He had worked at the toxic trade center site for months after the attacks.
Vila told the judge that as Ferreyra’s lawyer, he was entitled to take a 10 percent fee from the $1,030,000 award. In addition to the 51-month prison term, Vila was sentenced Monday to three years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit $922,559.84. He also must pay $867,879.76 in restitution to Ferreyra.
Expolicía del NYPD senteciado a prisión por robar $900 mil de fondos de una víctima de los ataques del 9/11
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