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Providence attorney gets nearly 3 years for defrauding clients, tax evasion

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Providence-based personal injury attorney convicted for orchestrating a Ponzi scheme using his clients' settlement funds will spend nearly three years behind bars, according to United States Attorney Zachary Cunha. Peter Leach, who was suspended from practicing law back in 2019, admitted in federal court two years ago that he forged his clients' signatures on the back of settlement checks, which he received on their b…
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