A former Van Wert attorney accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his clients, has been charged with fraud. Charles Allan Runser, 72 is charged in federal court in Toledo with one count of mail fraud according to a U.S. attorney for Ohio's northern district. Court documents allege Runser illegally obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients. Authorities say Runser advised clients on wills, estates and trusts and served as an executor and guardian for clients. Runser is accused of writing checks to himself, falsifying his firm's accounting system to create phantom accounts and withdrawing client funds for personal use, among other actions
Former Van Wert attorney charged with fraud
