Crime & Safety
Disbarred Glen Rock Lawyer Stole $37K From Client: Proseuctor
William T. McCue, 72, stole $15,500 from a client and forged his signature to steal another $21,500, authorities said.
GLEN ROCK, NJ — A disbarred borough lawyer is accused of stealing $37,000 from a client, said acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo announced Friday.
William T. McCue, 72, a disbarred lawyer and an art dealer, was charged with theft, forgery, and unauthorized practice of law.
The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Financial Crimes Unit received a complaint from a victim who hired McCue to represent him in an estate settlement, Calo said. The victim claimed that he paid McCue $15,500 in legal professional fees for the estate work. He later found out that McCue had been disbarred from practicing law.
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An investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and Glen Rock Police Department showed that McCue deposited the $15,500 n into his personal bank account and "used them for his purposes," Calo said.
McCue also forged the victim's signature on several checks worth $21,500, Calo said.
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The New Jersey Supreme Court disbarred McCue from practicing law in 1998.
McCue is scheduled to appear in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court March 13.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story reported that the amount of $37 million. Patch regrets the error.
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