Retired NYPD Officer John Ferreyra, 59, suffers from World Trade Center-related non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma from his months at the recovery effort. He hired an ex-cop turned lawyer to help him file his 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund paperwork. That now-disbarred lawyer, Gustavo Vila, stole 90% of the money Ferreyra was entitled to.
Now Vila is expected to plead guilty in court, reports .
“I trusted a fellow NYPD officer and I felt totally violated when I learned that he was a common thief and a liar,” Ferreyra told Larry McShane of the New York Daily News. “His clear intent was to loot from me and the 9/11 Victim Fund.”
Vila was disbarred for a different crime.
