In Re the Discipline of Scallen

TODD, Justice.

Thomas K. Scallen, a licensed Minnesota lawyer, was convicted in Canada of the crimes of theft and publishing and circulating a false prospectus. The Board of Professional Responsibility, after conducting a hearing, recommended to this court that Scallen be disbarred. We accept the recommendation for discipline but amend the penalty to provide that Scallen be indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in Minnesota, with right to reapply for admission in 5 years.

Scallen was admitted to the practice of law in Minnesota in 1950. The first 5 years of his legal career were spent…