Money laundering lands disbarred KC lawyer in prison

Posted online December 4, 2014 | 6:40 am

Jim Wirken, once president of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, surrendered his law license and admitted to malpractice in 2012. He's now been sentenced for money laundering.

According to the Kansas City Business Journal, Wirken was sentenced to one year and one month in federal prison without parole and ordered to pay a $4,000 fine.

While serving as an attorney and principal at the Wirken Law Group PC, Wirken took money from clients' accounts without their permission and spent it on personal expenses.

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