A Denver District Court judge sentenced disbarred attorney Steve Bachar to three years in prison Monday, handing down a heavier sentence than even prosecutors sought in the felony theft case.
Steve Bachar, 57, appears for his sentencing hearing in Denver District Court on Friday, March 10, 2023. for defrauding an investor of $125,000. In a deal with the Denver District Attorney’s Office, prosecutors agreed to drop two other felony counts against him in exchange for his guilty plea.
The judge said he wanted to push back against the criminal justice system’s tendency to be more lenient on wealthy, well-connected and well-educated defendants, particularly in cases of “His clear intent is to limit his punishment so he can keep defrauding people without end,” Lindsay said. “He cannot and will not stop his lies and fraud… I will never be able to repair the damage he has done to my life in what was supposed to be my golden years in retirement.”Disbarred Denver attorney Steve Bachar to plead guilty again after judge rejected first deal. He now faces up to 6 years in prison.
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