Source: US FBI
PROVIDENCE – A Connecticut attorney who made false statements to Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center officers while gaining admittance to the facility to visit with clients has entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement and agreed to surrender his license to practice law, announced Rhode Island Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.
An Information filed in federal court in Rhode Island charges Attorney Jonathan J, Einhorn, 75, of New Haven, with willfully and knowingly making a materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statement and representation in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch of the Government of the United States. In the Deferred Prosecution Agreement filed in this matter, Einhorn admits that there is sufficient evidence to convict him of violating federal law as described in the Information. He also agrees to surrender his license to practice law and not to seek to renew his license for a period of ten years.
According to an Agreed Statement of Facts filed in this matter, on May 21, 2023, Einhorn visited with several clients detained at the Wyatt Detention Center. As he entered the facility, he signed and dated a document certifying that he was aware that it is unlawful to bring weapons or contraband of any type into the facility and/or to pass the same to any detainee. A Wyatt Correctional Officer stationed in the lobby asked, “Are you gonna be passing anything to the detainees today?” Einhorn responded, “No, not today.”
According to the Statement of Facts, the Wyatt’s Professional Standards Unit (“PSU”) observed Einhorn pass paperwork to at least two of the detainees he met. PSU seized the paperwork from one of the detainees and found that eight pages were discolored and highly stained. The paperwork was sent to an FBI Laboratory for testing and was shown to be contaminated with synthetic cannabinoids (schedule I controlled substances).
According to the Deferred Prosecution Agreement, if Einhorn fulfills all the requirements of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement, the United States Attorney’s Office will file a dismissal of the Information after eighteen months.
The case is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Paul F. Daly, Jr.
The matter was investigated by the Wyatt Detention Center’s Professional Standards Unit and the FBI.