Former Connecticut lawyer Paul Ngobeni is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from 16 clients and later fleeing to South Africa. In some cases, he represented people after he had been disbarred.
Now an advisor to the South African government, Ngobeni remains a fugitive from justice in Connecticut. Authorities thought they had him once. He was apprehended during a return visit to the state. But one of the charges against him, for unauthorized practice of law, was dropped by a Superior Court judge. He had no choice. The current state UPL statute covers only people who have never been licensed to practice in the first place. (Ngobeni bolted back to South Africa and has never faced the remaining larceny charges.)
