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Phony New York Lawyer Defrauds Prisoners, Sent to Prison
by Ed Lyon
Antonia Barrone of Albany, New York posed as an attorney from September 2012 to April 2017. She went by various male aliases, including Mario Vrendenburg, Antonio Barrone, Mario Stacchini, Mario Helems and Mark Vredenburg, and primarily targeted prisoners seeking legal representation for parole denials.
She defrauded over ...
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