Tampa Strip Clubs: Ex-judge who bought home with stripper gets probation in bank fraud

November 14, 2009

NAPLES A former appellate judge who ruled on Collier and Lee county cases for more a decade was sentenced Friday to probation for bank fraud involving a Hawaiian home he fraudulently purchased with a New York stripper.

After more than two decades as an appellate judge, Stringer stepped down a month after the Judicial Qualifications Commission filed misconduct charges against him. The JQC alleged he helped the stripper hide her assets and income after a judge threw out her bankruptcy petition and ordered her to pay $315,000.

It was the stripper who eventually turned against him and went to the media, which ended his unblemished career and prompted the JQC investigation and federal prosecution. The JQC dropped its charges after he stepped down from the bench, agreeing never to be a judge again.

See the full article from “Naples Daily News”



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