WHEELING — A Wheeling attorney whose law license currently is suspended in West Virginia has been indicted by federal prosecutors on dozens of felony counts, accused of fraudulently handling client funds and using client funds to conduct unlawful monetary transactions.

Paul J. Harris faces 42 counts in total — 29 counts of alleged mail fraud and wire fraud, five counts of bank fraud and eight counts of unlawful monetary transactions. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia, he faces up to 20 years in federal prison for each of the mail and wire fraud counts, up to 30 years in federal prison for each of the bank fraud counts, and up to 10 years in federal prison for each of the unlawful monetary transaction counts.

According to the

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