Andrew and Christel Clooney were both sentenced to 33 and 27 months in prison, respectively, for defrauding two dozen clients of over $500,000.
On Thursday morning, Andrew told the judge inside the Snyder Federal Courthouse his business was falling behind in 2017, then his son died, which led him and his wife to defraud 24 different victims. At the time, Christel Clooney was the law firm’s office manager.
Andrew claimed he was suffering from alcoholism while Christel said she was dealing with a gambling addiction. One of their victims spoke at the sentencing hearing saying he is not a bad person but did a bad thing.
That victim said Clooney still owes her $82,000. She said it is vital that she gets some of it back to pay for a handful of surgeries she has had to get since getting into a head-on accident with a commercial vehicle.
Source: WAVE
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