Journalist Michelle Tuccitto Sullo of "The Connecticut Law Tribune" reports as follows:
"An attorney who was acting as a conservator for a military veteran has been arrested and charged with stealing about $68,000 from the now-deceased client by apparently making hundreds of unauthorized payments to himself. Andrew F. Bonito Jr., 56, of Cheshire, was arraigned in Superior Court in New Britain on June 5, following his arrest on a warrant on one count of first-degree larceny, a felony.
The law license of Bonito, who practiced law in New Britain and later from his Cheshire home, is inactive, apparently due to health reasons..."
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http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202728705438/Attorney-Arrested-After-Alleged-Theft-From-Military-Veteran-Client#ixzz3cWffwkZg
By all accounts, there is an infinite amount of this nonsense in Connecticut's probate court. I understand it is perhaps as bad as family court. It's the same basic scam: a court appoints a bunch of professionals to "help" an elderly or infirm person or his estate, and then they rip off the family. There is usually no accountability, just like in family court. This article provides a rare counterexample.
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