PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former attorney has been sentenced to eight years in prison for embezzling $1.3 million from his clients.
Attorney General Peter Neronha says 58-year-old Vincent Mitchell, of Coventry, Rhode Island, pleaded no contest Thursday to one count of embezzlement over $100. He was ordered to pay $1.3 million in restitution.
His attorney, Robert Mann, said Friday Mitchell is very remorseful, and acknowledges that many people were hurt.
Mitchell voluntarily told the Rhode Island Supreme Court disciplinary counsel’s office last year that he had taken money from his clients for unauthorized personal use, which is unusual for someone who isn’t under investigation.
Neronha says Mitchell used money from 11 of his older clients to cover losses from his bank accounts, stemming from substance abuse and gambling, from 2014 to 2017.
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