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September 7, 2012

Thomas Corea of Dallas arrested

Dallas Attorney Tom Corea was arrested on Thursday, August 30, 2012, on four (4) first degree felony charges. Corea is accused of stealing settlement funds from his clients’ trust accounts, using false information to secure financial loans, and stealing identities to apply for various loans and credit cards.

He is charged with theft over $200,000.00, misapplication of funds of over $200,000.00 by a fiduciary, securing the execution of a document by deception worth over $200,000.00, and fraudulent use and possession of identifying information. The indictments against Corea follow a seven month investigation by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.

3 COMMENTS

GailBarrett November 15, 2012 At 10:54 pm

I think I am one of those people. My identity was stolen and i hadanon going
Malpractice suite that they where draging out.. pleasetell me what to do..
Susan Green February 13, 2014 At 11:33 am

It is a really bad situation we have not recovered 750,000.00 He stold and left us with no settelment. Some people are really bad to the core..
NDG Staff February 13, 2014 At 6:53 pm

That is really unfortunate.

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