Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. today announced the guilty plea of SEAN MESCALL, 46, for posing as an attorney and stealing approximately $290,000 from more than one hundred clients who relied on him for legal services between April 2022 and January 2025. MESCALL pleaded guilty in a New York State Supreme Court to one count each of Grand Larceny in the Third Degree and Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree. Under the terms of his plea, he is expected to be sentenced on August 6, 2025, to a promised term of 2-to-6 years in state prison. The Court also ordered a confession of judgment in the amount of $294,275.63. 

“Sean Mescall went to extreme lengths to steal from over one hundred New Yorkers, falsely posing as an attorney providing legal assistance, while he was actually exploiting them,” said District Attorney Bragg. “Those who defraud Manhattanites seeking help will be held accountable. If you are a victim of financial crime, or know about a financial crime that requires investigation, please call our Financial Frauds Bureau at 212-335-8900.” 

According to court documents and statements made on the record, and as admitted in the defendant’s guilty plea, between April 2022 and January 2025, MESCALL falsely posed as a lawyer and systematically defrauded dozens of people. MESCALL stole approximately $300,000 from victims who believed they were clients of a licensed attorney. MESCALL was never a registered lawyer in New York State. 

MESCALL created a fake law firm in the Financial District that went by many different names, including “Prospection Legal,” “Prospection Legal Group,” “Legal Prospection,” “Mescall Law P.C. and Prospection Legal Group,” and “Mescall Law P.C.” MESCALL also registered two corporate entities in Delaware named “Prospection Legal Corporation,” and “Attorney Mescall P.C.” 

To attract clients to his fake law firm, MESCALL created profiles on different online legal search platforms, including Justia.com, Law.com, Lawyer.com, and Nolo.com. He also created profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to advertise his fraudulent legal services. He provided false information on these platforms, including that he received a law degree in 2001 from “Texas Tech University School of Law,” and that he had more than a decade of litigation experience. 

The types of cases in which MESCALL agreed to represent clients included a class action lawsuit, a discrimination lawsuit, and a business dispute over a breach of contract. 

In April of 2024, MESCALL hired an attorney licensed in New York and New Jersey to work at his fake law firm. MESCALL told this attorney that he had graduated from law school, that he was licensed to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and other places, and that he had been practicing law since “before she was born.” Based on MESCALL’s representations, the attorney began working for him, and represented his clients in filings and in appearances at courts in various jurisdictions. 

Assistant D.A.s Minji Kim and Alexander Sanyshyn (Financial Frauds Bureau) are handling the prosecution of this case under the supervision of Assistant D.A.s Hope Korenstein (Deputy Chief of the Financial Frauds Bureau), Kelly Thomas (Deputy Chief of the Financial Frauds Bureau) and Kofi Sansculotte (Chief of the Financial Frauds Bureau), and Executive Assistant D.A. Jodie Kane (Chief of the Investigation Division). 

Financial Frauds Paralegal Jamyle Delgado, and former Financial Frauds Paralegals Kari Siegenthaler and Leila Mohammed provided valuable assistance in the investigation. Rackets Investigators Kyle Breen, and Luis Chuquiralao, Supervising Rackets Investigator Ryan Lemon, Deputy Bureau Chief Investigator Kevin Yorke and Investigations Bureau Assistant Chiefs Michael Wigdor and Jon Reid also provided valuable assistance in the investigation. Director of the High Tech Analysis Unit Steve Moran, Privilege Review Data Specialist Olivia Savell and Chief of the Privilege Review Unit Caroline Serino assisted with the investigation as well. 

Defendant Information: 

SEAN MESCALL 

Newburgh, NY 

Convicted:

• Grand Larceny in the Third Degree, a class D felony, one count
• Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree, a class E felony, one count 

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