Lawyer Sentenced in Kickback Scheme
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LOS ANGELES -- William Lerach, a former partner at a well-known New York law firm, was sentenced Monday to two years in federal prison for his role in a lucrative kickback scheme involving class-action lawsuits against some of the nation's biggest corporations.
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Former investment banker Frank Quattrone was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 months in prison, two months more than the harshest recommended penalty, for obstructing probes into suspected kickbacks involving some of the hottest stock offerings of the 1990s.
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EDMONTON (CP) - A banker who stole nearly &#36;16 million from the Bank of Montreal and blew much of it on prostitutes and fast cars has suffered intense public humiliation, his lawyer told a sentencing hearing Thursday.
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Do not collect Â£28bn, do not pass go An Australian "lawyer" is part of a gang of six up before Southwark Crown Court accused of attempting to convince the Bank of England to honour a breathtaking Â£28bn ($64.83bn) in moody Â£1,000 and Â£500,000 notes, AFP reports.â¦
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Â· Conway barred for 10 days and told to repay Â£13,000Â· Support for fully audited expenses is growing
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Joseph P. Collins, Refcoâs former outside lawyer, was charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, money laundering and with filing false documents with regulators.
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Rafe Banks, a lawyer in Georgia, got involved in a nasty dispute with a client over how to defend him on a drunken-driving charge. The client, David Milum, fired Banks and demanded that the lawyer refund a $3,000 fee. Banks refused.
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It took nearly two years, three courts and five judges, but a lawyer has cleared himself of a shoplifting conviction. At the center of the dispute? $3.76.
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Â· Company accused of circumventing bribery lawÂ·  Firm accuses ex-manager of taking kickbacks
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Sharman 'encouraged' illegal file-trading, lawyers allege
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A federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced a former F.B.I. agent to six years in prison for racketeering and securities fraud related to the inside-trading prosecution of a former stock picker, Anthony Elgindy.
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A former eye doctor who set off a seven-year federal investigation into class action law firm Milberg Weiss has agreed to plead guilty to taking $6.4 million in secret kickbacks from the firm, lawyers in the case said on Wednesday.
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Bogus attorney pleads guilty to domain scam A cybersquatter who posed as a high-powered lawyer in a bid to trick rightful owners into handing over their domain names faces a possible prison term after confessing to the scam.â¦
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A jury Thursday convicted a once-prominent attorney who lived a pampered, lavish lifestyle for stealing millions from clients including low-income tenants, disabled children and struggling immigrants.
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A veteran civil rights lawyer was convicted Thursday of crossing the line by smuggling messages of violence from one of her jailed clients &#151; a radical Egyptian sheik &#151; to his terrorist disciples on the outside.
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A veteran civil rights lawyer was convicted Thursday of crossing the line by smuggling messages of violence from one of her jailed clients -- a radical Egyptian sheik -- to his terrorist disciples on the outside.
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By giving the lawyers the Deutsche Bank documents, prosecutors may be hoping to entice one of the KPMG defendants to cooperate in a separate case against the bank.