Attorney Convicted of Paying for Referrals Sentenced to House Arrest

A Northern California applicants’ attorney facing up to two years in federal prison for crimes that included paying $400,000 in client referral fees to a union boss will be confined to his home for the next three months. U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. on Monday sentenced Marc Terbeek to three months of house arrest, followed by three years of supervised probation. Terbeek must also pay a $7,500 fine. Terbeek pleaded guilty in February to one felony count of making an illegal payment to a union employee, and one misdemeanor for structuring bank transactions to avoid triggeri...