Laurens man charged with practicing law without a license and breach of trust, SLED

Anne Newman 

Executive Producer

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LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. —

An Upstate man was arrested and charged with practicing law without a license and breach of trust with fraudulent intent, according to South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

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Michel V. Diago, 76, provided a number of legal services while charging more than $80,000 for those services, SLED said.

According to the warrants, the legal services were related to adoption and naturalization proceedings between June 2014 and October 2017.

Diago used the $81,392 he received for his own personal benefit, according to the warrants.