ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO SHUTS DOWN LINDENHURST MAN’S UNAUTHORIZED LAW PRACTICE

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (May 13, 2008) – Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that he has obtained a settlement that permanently shuts down a Lindenhurst man’s unlicensed law practice and requires him to pay restitution to consumers he defrauded, plus penalties and costs to the state.

The settlement requires Arthur Chisolm, Jr. to permanently close his unauthorized practice and pay $17,000 in penalties and costs to the state. He must pay restitution to those who have been damaged as a result of his actions, plus qualified consumers who file complaints within 120 days of the judgment, which was ordered today by Justice Thomas F. Whelan in Supreme Court of Suffolk County.

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