WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 69-year-old former Wichita attorney who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Christopher OBrien was sentenced Tuesday and was also ordered to pay $603,000 in restitution.
OBrien pleaded guilty in March to embezzling. Roger and Marcia Altis, of Eureka, told The Wichita Eagle that OBrien kept money they paid to him that was meant to pay their debt caused by a 2010 bankruptcy in their familys oil field business.
OBrien also agreed to turn over $554,889 to the bankruptcy estate of a Wichita machine shop and $51,500 to a group of Hawker Beechcraft retirees.
OBrien said in written testimony that he embezzled for more than 25 years from law firms and clients. He used the money for expensive trips and weddings and other personal expenses.
