NEW YORK (AP/1010 WINS) -- A suspended New York City personal-injury lawyer has admitted stealing more than $2 million from clients including medical malpractice victims and people hurt in car accidents.
Marc A. Bernstein pleaded guilty Monday to grand larceny and other charges. The 55-year-old's plea deal calls for a sentence of up to nine years in prison. No sentencing date has been set.
The Manhattan District Attorney's office says Bernstein stole money from clients' settlements to cover his own debts or repay money he'd taken from other clients.
Prosecutors say the cheated clients included a woman whose appendix was mistakenly removed when she was supposed to have a hysterectomy, and another woman who got a painkiller shot that led to a lung collapse and a stroke.
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