In 2015, John Lambert and Ryan Fournier founded the college group “Students For Trump” but now Lambert will spend 13 months in prison for posing as a lawyer. Lambert claimed to be Eric Pope from NYC law firm Pope & Dunn, making up fake credentials that he was an NYU Law School grad with over 15 years of experience in corporate and patent law. However, now the fraudster must answer for his crimes.
NY Daily News reports:
The baby-faced scammer from Tennessee admitted to running the racket from 2016 to 2018, which targeting people who had little or no experience seeking legal advice. Lambert earned at least $46,654 through legal advice he was totally unqualified to give.
Caproni called Lambert “a cold-blooded fraudster who cared not a whit about the victims of his fraud.
Lambert and Fournier, who cooperated with prosecutors, captured headlines with the college organization during the 2016 presidential campaign. The group was known for posting photos of bikini-clad women and of the co-founders at various political events.
“We’ve been told that we’re more organized than the actual Trump campaign,” Lambert told The Chronicle of Higher Education before the election.
Lambert’s attorney, Gary Peters, said he was disappointed with the sentence. He added that Lambert no longer supported Trump.
