SAN FRANCISCO – Miranda Devlin, aka Miranda M., aka Miranda P., was sentenced today in United States District Court to 18 months in federal prison for making false statements in a loan application for federal government pandemic relief funds and for mail fraud involving the stealing of California attorneys’ identities and practicing law, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair, and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George.  The sentence was handed down by United States District Judge Maxine M. Chesney.

Devlin, 37, of San Francisco, pleaded guilty on July 21, 2021.  In her plea agreement, Devlin described multiple crimes she committed from March 2012 through May 2020 to defraud individuals and the government.  In one of her schemes, Devlin – who has never been an attorney – admitted she stole the identities of two female attorneys licensed by the State Bar of California and deceived people into believing she was a licensed attorney.  Beginning in 2012, Devlin started to assume attorneys’ names and used their license numbers.  She even paid one attorney’s State Bar dues, without knowledge of the attorney, to keep the attorney’s license active.  Devlin further admitted to submitting change of address requests to the U.S. Postal Service in order to have other people’s mail forwarded to her, including one attorney’s State Bar license card.  Several people hired Devlin as their attorney.  Devlin admitted she represented multiple individuals in the courtrooms of Bay Area county Superior Courts.

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