People v. Mascarenas

OPINION AND DECISION IMPOSING SANCTIONS PURSUANT TO C.R.C.P. 251.19(c)

I. SUMMARY

Respondent engaged in an elaborate scheme to defraud the prospective purchaser of a store owned by Respondent's wife, thereby violating Colo. RPC 84(c) As a result of Respondent's dishonesty, the purchaser lost over five-hundred thousand dol lars. Respondent has neither paid a civil arbitration award to the victim nor participated in this disciplinary proceeding. The Court concludes that Respondent's flagrant and deleterious misconduct warrants disbarment.

II. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On November 23, 2010, the People…