A Bay Area divorce lawyer has been indicted in connection with a scheme to plant eavesdropping devices in the cars of her clients’ spouses, federal prosecutors said.
Lawyer Mary Nolan, hired a private investigator to install the listening equipment to help her clients in divorce and child custody cases, according to a six-count indictment. Butler admitted that he arranged for beautiful women to act as decoys to ply the husbands of Nolan’s clients and other with alcohol. Once the women got behind the wheel, Butler called police to report they were driving under the influence.
Though the indictment did not allege that Nolan was involved in what law enforcement calls “dirty DUI” stings, it was found that she arranged for her clients to hire Butler to “unlawfully intercept wire, oral and electronic communications.”
Nolan has also been indicted on charges of tax evasion. Federal prosecutors said she failed to report $1,8 million in income from 2005 to 2008 and evaded taxes of about $574,769.
The tax evasion charges and wiretapping counts each carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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