Inheritance Lawsuit Claims Ohio Woman Tricked Nine People out of Millions of Dollars

Cleveland, OHAn Ohio law firm and a local woman are named as defendants in an upcoming inheritance lawsuit in which nine individual investors and two corporations were swindled out of millions of dollars.

Willia Burton, a resident of Solon, Ohio, is alleged to have solicited millions of dollars from investors on the grounds that she would use the money to recover a $14.5 million inheritance that her father left behind in the African country of Burkina Faso, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

In return for their funding, the investors were promised a significant return, which Burton has yet to supply.

Burton was able to solicit much of her funding thanks to the compliance of the law firm Feinberg and Culbertson, who helped to substantiate these claims to potential investors. Plaintiffs claim that the firm issued promissory notes for their money that were in actuality unregistered securities issued in violation of Ohio law.

The plaintiffs are demanding damages for securities fraud, fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation, aiding and abetting tortuous conduct and civil conspiracy, according to the Courthouse News.