GOLDBERG FILE Criminal chronology

A history of Richard Goldberg's legal problems:
May 21, 1999: Arrested by federal authorities on a charge that he defrauded a family out of its share of a nearly $1 million wrongful death suit settlement.
June 8, 1999: Indicted by a federal grand jury for seven counts of mail fraud and three counts of bank fraud.
June 30, 1999: Pleads innocent to federal charges.
Aug. 27, 1999: Pleads guilty in U.S. District Court, Cleveland, to defrauding 23 clients out of $4.5 million.
Sept. 10, 1999: Law license suspended by the Ohio Supreme Court disciplinary counsel.
Dec. 9, 1999: Sentenced to 41 months in prison.
December 1999: Indicted by a Mahoning County grand jury on one count of theft.
May 3, 2000: Found in contempt of court in Mahoning County Probate Court for concealing assets. Sentenced to 21 months in the county jail. The sentence is being appealed.
Dec. 29, 2000: Ohio Supreme Court Disciplinary Counsel files an updated complaint against Goldberg, accusing him of diverting assets to keep authorities from seizing them.
Jan. 30, 2001: Files bankruptcy.
March 8, 2001: Indicted by a Mahoning County grand jury on 31 counts of criminal charges.
Source: Vindicator files