BOSTON, Nov. 24, 2015— A Boston man was arraigned today on charges of posing as an attorney in order to defraud clients who turned to him for legal assistance, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

DAVID KORACA (D.O.B. 12/1/67) AKA DAVID CORAZZA was arraigned today in Boston Municipal Court on two dockets, each charging larceny by scheme over $250 and unauthorized practice of law.  Judge Thomas Horgan imposed $5,000 on each docket for a total of $10,000 bail, as well as orders that Koraca wear a GPS monitor and abide by a curfew in the event he is released on bail.

Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Franklin told the court that Koraca represented himself as an attorney using the name “David Corazza” – one of his eight known aliases — though he was not authorized to practice law in any state.

In July, an acquaintance accepted Koraca’s offer of legal help with financial issues she was experiencing.  The victim met with Koraca at his rented office at One International Place, where Koraca made copies of her credit cards and took down her personal information, including Social Security number, prosecutors said.

In October, the victim discovered $1,004.22 in unauthorized charges on one of her credit cards – many of which were made to Amazon.  When she confronted Koraca, he allegedly told the victim that the charges were for his services.  He later allegedly made statements to the victim that he would reimburse the credit card charges; however, he never made the payments, prosecutors said.

A second acquaintance in September hired to Koraca to represent her in divorce proceedings.  She paid Koraca a total of $6,960 for legal services and provided personal and credit card information, prosecutors said.  The victim later made repeated attempts to contact Koraca but received no response.

Earlier this month, the woman discovered unauthorized charges on her credit cards and accounts totaling more than $21,000.   Among those charges were payments made to the company from which Koraca rented his One International Place office, prosecutors said.

Boston Police assigned to the department’s Special Investigations Unit arrested Koraca at his office yesterday.  He was found with a Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers card bearing the name David Corazza and an ID number.  The BBO has no record of a David Koraca or a David Corazza authorized to practice law, nor do they have a record of any attorney assigned the number on the card, prosecutors said.

Koraca was represented by William J. Walsh.  He returns to court Dec. 14.

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