Attorney Pleads Guilty to Stealing $125,000 from Investor

DENVER – Denver District Attorney Beth McCann today announced that Steven Bachar, a licensed attorney and the founder of Denver-based Empowerment Capital LLC, pleaded guilty to one count of felony Theft.

In October 2017, an investor wired $75,000 to Empowerment Law, a subsidiary of Empowerment Capital, after Bachar offered him a 10% interest in Empowerment’s profits.  Two months later, after Bachar offered him an additional 6% or 10% interest in Empowerment Capital’s profits, the investor wired  $50,000 to Empowerment Acquisition, another subsidiary of Empowerment Capital.  Bachar never invested or repaid the money, instead spending most of the investor’s $125,000 for personal use.

Bachar will be sentenced on November 6.  He faces either probation or between two and six years in prison.  Bachar has also agreed to pay $182,000 in restitution.

“Steven Bachar violated the trust of an investor – who was also a close friend of his — and, for that, he is being held accountable, as he should be.  I want to thank the prosecutors and investigators in my office whose hard work over several years has resulted in the successful resolution of the case,” said DA McCann.

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