Scammers Use Real Attorney Ids to Cheat Consumers

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 06 No. 2016 Pg. 03
• Publication year: 2016
• Pages: 03
• Year: 2016
• topic: Business of Law

Scammers use real attorney IDs to cheat consumers No. 2016 #03 California Bar Journal June, 2016

Yarbrough, Staff Writer

Earlier this year, Jordan N. Gray found himself in a situation attorneys dread: A complaint had been filed against him with the State Bar.

But as general counsel for an insurance brokerage company in South Pasadena, Gray hadn't actually done anything wrong. The complaint against him by a fellow member of the State Bar sprang from an email fraudsters sent out using his name and information.

Although they don't always result in State Bar complaints, such scams are hardly unique. Counterfeit check scams, in which someone poses as a client claiming to want to hire an attorney to help recover a large debt, have been a problem for years. In Gray's case and in...