A disbarred Georgia lawyer has been accused of using the identities of former clients to secure thousands of dollars in litigation advances, and pocketing the cash.

Chalmer “Chuck” Detling, II, 42, of Marietta, was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Catherine M. Salinas on seven counts of wire fraud and eight counts of aggravated identity theft on Friday, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Byung J. “BJay” Pak. The indictment charges that Detling took names and Social Security numbers of 36 former clients and signed applications without their consent for 50 litigation funding advances totaling $383,000.

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