Callow had been charged last year along with an insurance claims adjuster, Fariborz "Romeo" Rahrovi, who worked at the time for Nationwide. Both men face charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree theft, money laundering, obtaining a signature by duress, and perjury.
The two men are accused of misinforming a client who was left permanently disabled by an auto accident and stealing his money. Callow, altered the documents of the settlement to represent to his client that the settlement was of a total sum of $250, 000 when in actuality the settlement was for $500,000.
Court documents mention that Callow's client was paid only $165,000 from the settlement of $500,000, while Callow and his accomplice pocketed the balance of $335,000. According to the authorities, Callow took $200, 000 and Rahrovi took $135,000.
The matter was pursued by state insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler and his Special Investigations Unit. Claims journal quoted Kreidler saying about Callow, "This lawyer preyed on a vulnerable consumer who relied on an insurance settlement for medical treatments and to replace income … Now it's time for Mr. Callow to face the criminal justice system."
The case is a surprising illustration of greed, for the client was ready to pay 33 percent of the settlement as attorney's fees, which, $165,000, was not a small sum in an otherwise easy case of permanent disability due to car accident.
