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BARRINGTON BARRISTER BANISHED

February 16, 2007

The party's over for Barrington, Illinois attorney Robert Wayne Hallock. He had a good time with the proceeds of a $1.8 million fraudulent financial instrument, including a $100,000 honeymoon on a yacht.

The party wound down yesterday when Mr. Hallock was sentenced to 24 months in prison.

Perhaps he'll skip through the prison gates humming the lyrics to one of the great pop tunes of the legal profession:

I admire, my attorney Bernie
I admire, any guy who knows his stuff
Sure we blew a couple ventures
with a counterfeit debenture
But you win a few, you lose a few
and like Bernie says you keep on hanging tough

Thanks to you, my attorney Bernie
Thanks to you, I'm considered well-to-do
Sure I made out like a bandit
Just exactly like you planned it
But like Murray my accountant
told me yesterday, I owe it all to you.

Link: Prior Tax Update Coverage.

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