Attorney Steals $2.1 Million from Probate Estate
On March 4, 2020, Brian Wiggins, a lawyer from Xenia, Ohio, was arrested and indicted on 55 criminal counts involving stealing about $2.1 million from a probate estate trust. The owner of the estate died in 2018 and left an estate valued at more than $3 million. The money was intended to benefit St. Jude’s Hospital and Smile Train charities. Wiggins, 36, is accused of buying houses, cars, boats, jewelry, gambling at casinos in Las Vegas, paying for a family member’s cosmetic surgery, and paying his child support, according to David Hayes, Greene County Chief trial counsel. The February 27,…
