John Spencer Jenkins, a disbarred South Florida legal professional, was sentenced yesterday by a federal choose to 33 months in jail for misappropriating over $750,000 of consumer cash.
Court docket paperwork revealed that Jenkins’ purchasers transferred funds into his regulation agency’s Curiosity on Belief Account (IOTA) and basic enterprise accounts for authorized providers. In a single case, Jenkins admitted that funds meant to be managed for the distribution of an property have been as an alternative diverted to his private accounts.
Throughout sentencing, U.S. District Choose David S. Leibowitz burdened the important want to carry attorneys accountable as a result of belief positioned in them by the general public.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Miami workplace and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Lawyer Altanese Phenelus. The announcement was made by U.S. Lawyer Hayden P. O’Byrne and FBI Particular Agent in Cost Brett Skiles.
