Cape Cod Times reports about a successful attorney who became addicted to gambling and bilked at least two clients out of money --
.John "Jack" Roberts Jr., 58, of Dennis pleaded guilty in December to embezzling from the estate of Alice May of Sandwich and using the money to fuel his online gambling addiction.
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Roxanne Roberts, his wife, said -- "He lost everything. We lost everything except our family and friends," she said. "Look around,
we didn't get rich."
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Roberts did not carry malpractice insurance and his only asset is his Dennis home valued at $312,900, Rapp said.
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There is a state board that oversees a fund for clients bilked by attorneys, but it's discretionary.
There is a state board that oversees a fund for clients bilked by attorneys, but it's discretionary.
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"If I don't get any money back, I will lose a lot. I'll lose my house," Sasville said.
"If I don't get any money back, I will lose a lot. I'll lose my house," Sasville said.
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As the Massachusetts legislators on Beacon Hill consider expanding Predatory Gambling , deny the facts and any input from opponents, cases like this that have destroyed three families so far should give us pause.
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Shouldn't we wonder why Senate President "Money" Murray and House Speaker "Racino" DeLeo refuse to allow an honest debate, with the presentation of the wide ranging impacts such as this?
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" we didn't get rich?" Isn't that the promise of Fools' Gold?
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