PIKEVILLE, Ky.— An Elkhorn City, Ky., attorney, Timothy Belcher, 56, was sentenced on Tuesday, to 41 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $817,000 in restitution, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, for bank fraud and false statements on a tax return.

According to Belcher’s plea agreement, he was a licensed attorney practicing in Pike County, who agreed to represent a client and her minor daughter in a wrongful death lawsuit.  In 2004, a settlement was reached in the lawsuit, where half of the settlement would be distributed to the victim and the other half would be distributed among the three children.  The funds were placed into an escrow account for the children.

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