US EditionFormer South Carolina House member indicted on federal charges of defrauding legal clients
Marvin Pendarvis allegedly kept over $500,000 from clients by forging signatures and negotiating settlements without consent, facing 10 federal criminal charges.
- Former Rep. Marvin Pendarvis was indicted on charges including wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering for allegedly negotiating settlements without clients' knowledge and pocketing the funds.
- The indictment outlines four specific instances totaling $235,000 where Pendarvis is accused of depositing settlement money into his firm's account rather than paying clients.
- Pendarvis resigned from the South Carolina House of Representatives in September 2024 after a former client sued him for legal malpractice and forging a signature on a settlement.
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Former S.C. Rep. Pendarvis indicted on 10 federal charges
MORNING HEADLINES | Former Democratic S.C. Rep. Marvin Pendarvis of North Charleston on Wednesday was indicted on 10 charges, including wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering, in a federal case that he schemed to defraud clients. The post Former S.C. Rep. Pendarvis indicted on 10 federal charges appeared first on Charleston City Paper.
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Former South Carolina House member indicted on federal charges of defrauding legal clients
A former South Carolina state lawmaker has been indicted on federal charges, accused of defrauding his legal clients of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Former SC legislator charged with defrauding legal clients
Then-state Rep. Marvin Pendarvis, D-North Charleston, talks with attendees at the South Carolina Democratic Party’s “First-in-the-Nation Celebration” dinner Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, at the State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C. A civil lawsuit filed by a client months later led to criminal fraud charges filed in federal court Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (File photo by Mary Ann Chastain/Special to the SC Daily Gazette)COLUMBIA — A former South Carolina…
Former N. Charleston Rep. Marvin Pendarvis federally indicted on money laundering, wire fraud charges
A former North Charleston state lawmaker and attorney has been federally indicted in connection with a series of four allegedly fraudulent settlements he negotiated as part of his law practice.
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