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Ex-Newtown Lawyer Admits To Stealing $1.3M From Clients, Friends, Family
A former lawyer from Newtown admits to stealing more than $1.3 million from his clients, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Thomas M. Murtha, 62, of Birmingham, MI, and former.y of Newtown pleaded guilty on Wednesday, May 30 to one count of wire fraud related to his theft of more than a million dollars from victims, according to John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut,
According to court documents and statements made in court, Murtha operated a law practice under the name Maher & Murtha LLC in Bridgeport.
Murtha stole at least $1.3 million from m…
