An attorney in Pasadena, Calif., has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $500,000 from his clients’ estates, according to prosecutors.

Oscar Cruz Parra, 67, a probate attorney who was arrested in March at his home in San Dimas, Calif., agreed in a plea deal to serve five years in state prison and pay $441,000 in restitution to five former clients. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 15.

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