Posted on August 30, 2008
Phony lawyer gets 20 years in jail
Cucciniello has had numerous convictions for other scams across the country in the past two decades, as well as one in Canada where losses reached $500,000, but he spent little time incarcerated
After failing to offer any restitution, Ralph Cucciniello, 56, Friday was sentenced to 30 years, suspended after 20 served, for ripping off $500,000 from more than 60 immigrants who believed he was getting them “green cards” to normalize their status in the U.S.
Superior Court Judge Richard Damiani, after reading numerous letters from Cucciniello’s victims, said, “I have concluded that Mr. Cucciniello’s entire life was a fraud … he is an evil man.”
Cucciniello, who falsely claimed to be a lawyer running an immigration clinic at Yale Law School, had access to the facility because of his relationship with Yale Professor Steven Duke.
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Phony lawyer gets 20 years in jail
nhregister.com
