Lawyer, wife accused of stealing from vets
They allegedly took at least $2 million in six-year period
By BRIAN ROGERS
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
June 29, 2010, 8:52PM
A Houston lawyer and his wife appeared in federal court Tuesday, accused of stealing more than $2 million from military veterans.
Joe Phillips, 71, and Dorothy Phillips, 70, who managed her husband's small law office, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Johnson, charged with conspiracy, misappropriation by a fiduciary, making materially false statements to a federal agency and tax fraud, according to federal officials.
Phillips, a former employee of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Houston, is accused of stealing from mentally incompetent veterans.
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Lawyer, wife accused of stealing from vets
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