Between 2019 and 2023, Valdovinos Ramirez withheld money that clients were expecting from settlements and other court matters. He later issued checks to clients that bounced because his bank account contained little or no money, prosecutors said.
“The defendant duped and deceived his clients of funds that were earmarked for them only to blow hundreds of thousands of dollars of these funds gambling,” District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a statement.