In re Wright

Respondent, an Horry County Magistrate, is charged with judicial misconduct, in that while acting as an insurance agent in May of 1987, he participated in the fraudulent procurement of a life insurance policy. Specifically, the formal complaint filed with the Board of Commissioners on Judicial Standards alleged that the Respondent “with intent to defraud Monumental Life Insurance Company and Horace Brooks Miller, Jr., obtained that insurance policy from the company by means of false pretenses and representations, including but not limited to the acknowledgement of the Respondent that he…