NJ Attorney Admits Cheating Clients Out Of Millions
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — State authorities say a prominent southern New Jersey elder-law attorney has admitted defrauding clients out of millions of dollars and laundering the funds through various bank accounts.
Acting Attorney General John Hoffman says 62-year-old Barbara Lieberman, of Northfield, pleaded guilty Monday to money laundering. Charges are still pending against the owner of an in-home senior care company, her sister and a former employee who allegedly participated in the fraud.
Prosecutors will recommend that Lieberman get a 10-year state prison term when she's sentenced Feb. 3.
She also will surrender her law license and forfeit $3 million that the state seized from her, which will be used to pay restitution to her victims.
Lieberman was arrested in March, accused of conspiring to steal more than $2.4 million from 10 clients.
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