Sherri Papini was originally reported missing by her husband in November 2016 after she left their home in Shasta County, California to go for a jog and never returned. Three weeks later on Thanksgiving Day, authorities found Papini on an interstate highway approximately 140 miles from home. Papini told police…
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The Timely Challenge of Fraud
Wooten v. Wooten, 867 S.E.2d 767 (N.C. Ct. App. 2022) Wooten v. Wooten came before the North Carolina Court of Appeals on Defendant Husband’s appeal of the trial court’s Summary Judgment ordering specific performance by both parties. FACTS: The parties married in 1997 and divorced in 2016. When they divorced,…
Attorneys and Wire Scams
2020 Formal Ethics Opinion 5 In recent years, there has been a marked increase in the number of attempts to defraud attorneys of their clients’ funds in trust accounts. Now con artists are stealing from clients directly by using “inside information.” These scams are constantly evolving and are becoming much…
Making Bad Investments in Your Marriage: Fraud and Innocent Spouse Relief
Minton v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2018‑15, 2018 WL 718520 (2018) (a) Facts: A woman married a man who ran a struggling air conditioner business. The wife was aware that the business was struggling, as the parties had difficulty paying their bills, but the husband convinced her that a…