Brookfield Attorney Disbarred After $500K Theft
Action comes after Thomas Bielinski is convicted of stealing more than $500,000 in unclaimed foreclosure funds from Milwaukee County.
The state Supreme Court on Tuesday revoked the law license of Brookfield attorney accused of scamming more than $500,000 from Milwaukee County in an elaborate four-year scheme. Thomas Bielinski, 52, was convicted in a scheme in which he purported to represent the rightful owners of unclaimed funds kept by the county clerk, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Bielinski's financial records showed he had no legitimate law practice at the time and his fraud scheme was his primary source of income, according to court records. In order to commit these thefts, Bielinski engaged in a series of identity thefts, false notarizations, forgeries, and thefts of court records. He filed forged documents with the Milwaukee County Circuit Court and…
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