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Financial Adviser Accused Of Stealing $800,000

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A federal grand jury has indicted a financial adviser on charges of stealing $800,000 from two clients, one of them a child with birth injuries.

Ralph Edward Thomas Jr., 52, of Baltimore was indicted Tuesday.

According to the indictment, Thomas stole more than $750,000 from a trust account for a child who suffered birth injuries.

Prosecutors say he also stole $42,000 from a woman and her sister, who suffered from dementia.

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