He was also ordered to pay back the money. Additionally, he was sentenced to two years of “supervised release.” The largest loss to one of Butler’s 11 victims was $401,000.
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Disbarred Lawyer Gets 8 Years for Stealing to Cover Gambling Debts
Former Kentucky lawyer Danny Butler was given an eight-year prison sentence for stealing $1.3 million from his clients to cover gambling debts. So reports the Courier Journal.
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