Lawyer Accused of Bilking Clients Arrested F. Peebles

December 19, 2004

This is an attorney practicing in the Atlanta area. I met him a

couple of years ago at a conference, questioning him about a mold

case that he was handling at that time. After questioning him about

certain areas of the case (which I had already known the true facts)

I " nicely " confronted him about his inaccurracies. He didn't like

this and walked out in the middle of the conference. It was his

first case and he then considered himself a " Mold Expert " . (Which is

how he was advertising himself.)

Lawyer Accused of Bilking Clients Arrested F. Peebles

POSTED: 11:59 am EST December 14, 2004

UPDATED: 12:12 pm EST December 14, 2004

LAWRENCEVILLE -- A lawyer who practices in Norcross is accused of

paying off personal debts using more than $1 million in checks he

cashed that were supposed to go to his clients for case settlements.

F. Peebles, 54, of Flowery Branch was arrested Dec. 9 at his

home and charged with 10 counts of first-degree forgery. He was

being held without bail because when he was arrested he was packing

a bag, suggesting he was a flight risk, police said.

In September, Peebles cashed checks at a Norcross bank that were

received as settlements in three of his clients' cases and used the

money to pay off personal debts, said Gwinnett County police

spokesman Dan Huggins.

The transactions initially did not raise suspicion because Peebles

was an attorney, Huggins said. Later, one of the victims apparently

realized what was going on and alerted police.

The investigation is continuing to determine if there were any more

victims of the scheme. Peebles is due in court for a hearing on

Thursday.

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