Lawyer and former D.C. Council candidate sentenced for stealing from clients

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A lawyer and former D.C. Council candidate was sentenced to six months in prison for embezzling money intended for his clients.

Deairich Hunter pleaded in January to theft of more than $100,000 in payments from insurance companies that were intended to settle some of his clients’ disability and personal injury claims.

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