DA: Man posed as high-flying lawyer, bilked clients
![Corazza, a.k.a. Koraca](https://www.universalhub.com/files/styles/main_image/public/images/2015/corazza.jpg?itok=ASrH0H-O)
From his Web site.
A man who claimed to be "a Harvard educated attorney" with offices in Boston, New York and London is, in fact, a con man who bilked at least two clients out of thousands of dollars for legal work he never did - and bought stuff using their names - the Suffolk County District Attorney's office charges.
David Koraca, a.k.a. David Corazza, whose Web site claims "decades of experience helping clients prepare for, avoid and manage a wide range of corporate crises involving legal, business, consumer, shareholder and public relations issues" and an office at International Place, was arraigned today in Boston Municipal Court on two counts each of unauthorized practice of law and larceny over $250 by scheme, the DA's office reports.
He had bail set at $10,000.
According to the DA's office:
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 Bar Association card bearing the name David Corazza and an ID number. The MBA 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.
On Koraca's about.me page, he lists a background that does not include a law degree:
He demonstrated his grasp for management by supervising staff and handling scheduling and budgeting for three Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) series, The Sopranos, Entourage, and Oz. In addition, David Corazza offered his services as a financial analyst and contract negotiator to Universal Studios, Showtime Networks Inc., HBO, and Playboy.
David Corazza attended New York University to study finance and law, and he took courses in film production and screenwriting at American Film Institute, where he received a Master's degree. At present, he is studying for his MBA in International Business at Harvard University. David Corazza serves as Vice President of Universal Jet Charter, as well as a VIP host in Las Vegas. He continues to produce commercials and music videos, and he regularly speaks at film festivals and fundraisers.
Innocent, etc.
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I want to hire him!
I want to hire him!
Military service claims
I would love to find out if this is real or fabricated: on several web pages he claims to have significant military experience.
His about.me page that Adam mentions in the article links to a wordpress blog, https://davidcorazza.wordpress.com/
An entry on the blog from 2012 ends with this in the bio,
The wordpress blog also links to http://aboutdavidcorazza.com/ which has even stronger claims,
Officers don't do sniper work
Officers don't do sniper work. Plus, it's pretty rare for a lawyer to be anything other than a JAG officer. Guessing we are talking BS.
Harvard education
I met this guy at Harvard Extension School. So he's definitely smart, but I cannot believe that you would hire him after this stuff. Please reconsider.
Old school catfishing
Glad some of these are being prosecuted too.
Another Clarke Rockerfeller!!
Another Clarke Rockerfeller!!
Nut Job Clarke Rockerfeller posed as a descendant of the Rockerfellers, met a wealthy woman got married and moved to wealthy beacon hill neighborhood, lol.
How could anybody pose as a lawyer a doctor, or any higher up profession and get away with it.
not to rush to judgement but
If he was actually involved with producing Entourage, that ought to be enough to send him away.
Oz should have prepared him
for his next career steps.
At first glance
At very first glance I thought it was Matt Damon in one of those roles where he puts on glasses and plays one of these types. And if he hasn't before he will be now.
Wonder if this fella is
Wonder if this fella is enrolled in the Harvard Business School. Is there such as thing as an International MBA there?
Not really. Everyone gets the
Not really. Everyone gets the same MBA, but you can claim it has an international focus. Not the most egregious claim I've heard.
But there aren't any part-time MBA programs at HBS, so that doesn't leave much time for lawyering.
He was enrolled at the
He was enrolled at the Harvard Extension School.
His website lists "Crisis Management" as an area of expertise.
Should come in real handy. Now.
I thought attorneys were all
I thought attorneys were all faithful and honest?
The last entry on his google
The last entry on his google plus?
A clip from "Suits" - "On the run from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant college-dropout, finds himself a job working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City's best lawyers."
The character Mike Ross is NOT a lawyer but is presented as one by Harvey Specter.
A roadmap perhaps?
Great show
.
Just looked up
"His" NY office....
Hah
He "offered his services"
The about.me website quoted by Adam says "In addition, David Corazza offered his services as a financial analyst and contract negotiator to Universal Studios, Showtime Networks Inc., HBO, and Playboy."
It doesn't say anything about any of those corporations having actually accepted his offer.
And as for the Boston office, it's another location of the same "virtual office" company that he uses in New York:
http://www.servcorp.com/en/locations/boston/one-international-place/
Just say'in
Hmm, Anyone who went to Harvard Massachusetts public Schools can truly say, they are "Harvard Educated".
There was an old Dilbert
There was an old Dilbert cartoon about hiring a "Harfurd" MBA.
Lawyer lookup
You can confirm that someone is a real Mass. lawyer, and doesn't just play one on tv, by going to
http://massbbo.org/bbolookup.php
"Trust but verify"
Most people don't bother. He had a (fake) Bar ID card; most people probably don't even bother to go as far as to ask to see that. A swanky office with probably a bunch of (fake) degrees on the wall, a good suit and haircut, the right demeanor, is more than enough to make someone think he's legit.
Great alias, dude.
Great alias, dude.
So....
he rents office space at International Place to steal $1000 plus from one lady, $6000. plus from another? This was his M.O.? And he went shopping on Amazon? We obviously aren't talking Bernie Madoff here.
Those are just the two he got
Those are just the two he got caught for. So far.
Professional Grifting
Has anyone ever seen this guy and Paul Fetch in the same room?
https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Paul_%22Fetch%22_Carnes
Who the hell looked at his website, then hired him?
The craptacular grammar, hideous copy, and typos are a riot. I assume-- no joke-- he targeted ESL speakers.
Some of it sounds like he's applying to manage a MacDonalds: