STURGIS, S.D. – A disbarred lawyer is facing new allegations that she took money from the estate of a second client.
Rena Hymans of Sturgis entered a plea of not guilty last month to more than 40 charges of wire and bank fraud and money laundering.
The charges stem from Hymnas’ allegedly spending money from a client’s inheritance fund.
The new charges against Hymans allege she transferred money totaling $50,000 from another client’s trust meant for the Gilbert Keester Estate.
The charges state that rather than holding the money in the client’s trust account until the estate was settled as required, Hymans’ allegedly used the money for business-related and personal expenses.
She is now facing 38 counts of wire fraud, 16 counts of money laundering, one count of mail fraud and one count of bank fraud.
She is scheduled to appear in court this week on the new charges.
