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Kieffer's Denver sentence now nine years

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Howard Kieffer was sentenced to a total of nine years in Denver for posing as a criminal defense lawyer. See DenverPost.com. U.S. District Judge Christine Arguello sentenced Kieffer to 57 months in prison for a count of wire fraud and a count of making false statements and 37 months on a third count of contempt of court. Arguello decided the three counts should run concurrent to one another for a total of 57 months. The sentence will run consecutive to a 51-month prison term Kieffer is already serving for a similar conviction in North Dakota. "The root of your scheme and your conduct has been pure deception," Arguello told Kieffer. "You have shown a profound disrespect for the court system." Kieffer is a con artist with a criminal record going back 30 years...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on August 17, 2010 (boomark / email).