New Orleans Lawyer Gets 4 Years-Plus for Defrauding Clients
A New Orleans, La., attorney has been sentenced to more than four years in jail for mail fraud.
U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente says U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman sentenced 67-year-old Robert Hackett to 51 months in prison Wednesday and ordered him to pay $727,230 in restitution to his victims.
Federal prosecutors say, from January 1997 through December 2007, Hackett collected payments from insurers for his clients’ sports-related injuries and then deposited the money into his own bank account for his personal use.
A court filing says Hackett defrauded at least four athletes who suffered career-ending injuries. Their names aren’t disclosed, but two were professional hockey players and two were professional football players.
Copyright 2024 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Popular Today
- EPA Designates PFAS Chemicals as Superfund Hazardous Substances
- 4,800 Claims Handled by Unlicensed Adjusters in Florida After Irma, Lawsuit Says
- Chubb CEO Greenberg: Some Financial Lines Underwriting Practices ‘Simply Dumb’
- 2024 Wildfire Forecast Calls for ‘Below Average’ Season
Popular This Month
- Poll: Consumers OK with AI in P/C Insurance, but Not So Much for Claims and Underwriting
- Ship Owner in Bridge Collapse Seeks to Limit Its Liability
- Report: Vehicle Complexity, Labor ‘Reshaping’ Auto Insurance and Collision Repair
- Mother of 8-Year-Old ‘Violently Sucked’ into Houston Hotel Pool Files Wrongful Death Suit