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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Ind. Law - More on "Attorney William Crabtree II, facing trial, found dead in Dyer home"
Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, Dan Hinkel of the NWI Times has a comprehensive article on Mr. Crabtree. Some quotes:
Before his career dissolved, Crabtree ran his one-lawyer practice in an office along Indianapolis Boulevard in Schererville, representing clients in civil lawsuits. His name is still posted on the sign at the gleaming office building, although his former office is now empty.He also gave time to local nonprofit groups including the Campagna Academy. He once served as president of the Hoosier Boys Town Foundation, the funding group for Campagna's precursor. He also served on the board of the Partnership for a Drug Free Lake County.
Crabtree's criminal case stemmed from an alleged scheme involving clients' tax payments and land deals. Federal authorities said that in September and October 2007, the daughter of a dead man gave Crabtree checks worth $394,636 to pay taxes on her father's estate. But Crabtree changed the name on the checks and kept the money, then forged receipts and e-mails to illustrate tax payments he didn't make, according to the charges.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 25, 2009 06:25 PM
Posted to Indiana Law