A former San Antonio lawyer has pleaded guilty to wire fraud after federal investigators alleged he created fake Texas court rulings to dupe a pair of clients into believing he’d won their case and converted some of another client’s $2.4 million trust fund for his own personal use.

Todd Prins plead guilty to a single count of wire fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge John Primomo on June 28. Prins­—who resigned his law license March 7 in lieu of discipline, according to the State Bar of Texas—will be sentenced before Senior U.S. District Judge David Ezra on Sept. 18.

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