The Indiana Supreme Court issued a private reprimand to local attorney Steve Shine for misconduct related to financial oversight at his law firm.
The reprimand was issued because for five months beginning in May 2005, Beth Shine, Steve Shine’s wife, wrote approximately 11 checks to herself or to accounts to which she had access from the law firm’s trust account, according to the court documents. This amounted to misappropriating $22,257 in client money without the knowledge of anyone at the firm, Shine & Hardin
However, the paper reports that all the money was paid back in late 2005...
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I think there might be a little more to this story then meets the eye. I know that the wife had some drug problems and they are divorced.
This is a bit off topic, but I see the republicans are asking for a recount for the 2nd. district votes. I hope it still comes out in Karen's favor. I can't blame them though, 13 votes isn't much.
Parson, I agree with you. At the most I would see maybe 2-3 vote switch. If so, it will come from absentee ballots.
If it changes who the winner is then there was a major screw up. I just don't see that happening
Nokeltykoolaid - I have it on good authority that it wasn't just the wife with the problem. Good times were had by all at weekends at the lake during days gone by. . .
Not that there's anything wrong with that. Unless, of course, you're a judgmental hypocrite.
I'm not a lawyer, but
I thought that writing unauthorized checks on a company's account, then cashing them without proper authority was commonly called embezzlement? Isnt that what happened to the GOP earlier this year? Boy-Shines Karma account is really biting him in the ass, isnt it?
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