A disbarred New York lawyer pled guilty on Wednesday to stealing nearly $1 million awarded to his former client, a police officer during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, who was awarded the money from the 9/11 Victims Fund several years ago.
Gustavo Vila, 62, represented a former New York City police officer beginning around 2012. Although he was disbarred for grand larceny in an unrelated case back in 2015, Vila managed to secure $1,030,622.04 from the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund in 2016 — having submitted the paperwork prior to getting disbarred — on behalf of the officer he formerly represented.
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