Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 | 6:05 p.m.
A disbarred Las Vegas attorney is wanted by authorities for suspicion of defrauding more than $160,000 from victims who thought they were investing in a marijuana grow facility, according to the Clark County District Attorney’s Office and court documents.
Easton Harris was indicted by a Clark County grand jury on Aug. 10 on four felony counts of theft, officials said. Jonathan Ryan Peirsol was also indicted on the same counts. Warrants for their arrest, which remained active today, were filed that same day.
Harris was disbarred by the State Bar of Nevada on June 13, when his status went from temporary suspension to disbarment for committing 116 conduct violations involving 23 clients “over a period of several years,” according to public Nevada Supreme Court documents.
According to authorities and a criminal complaint, Harris and Peirsol instructed two out-of-state victims to deposit funds in accounts opened by Harris and Peirsol under the names J & J Chemical and The Harris Law Firm.
One man made two deposits totaling $75,000, according to the indictment. A woman deposited $25,000 and then $67,500.
The alleged theft happened between April 2015 and September 2015, documents show.
The victims were incorrectly told the funds were going to be used to “further the business” of Sin City Organics LLC, presumably a marijuana grow facility. They also made material misrepresentations regarding the license and investor statuses, as well as other business-related details, according to the complaint.
Harris on May 31, 2015, registered Sin City Organics as a limited liability company, according to the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office. That license has since been terminated, records show.
