MOSCOW, August 20 (RAPSI) – A lawyer in Bashkiria republic has been sentenced to 33 months in a penal colony for defrauding his clients, according to the press service of the republic’s prosecutor's office.

Alexei Yurasov, a director of a local judicial firm, was responsible for contracts signed between his company and several clients in 2012-2014. He offered various judicial services including help with privatization, inheritance, and land property.

Yurasov took clients' money but did not fulfil his responsibilities, therefore stealing about 4500$. The lawyer pleaded not guilty, although he did compensate 1000$ in damages to some of his victims.