attorney misconduct
Ari J. Lauer's $1B DC Solar Ponzi Scheme Enablement
Ari J. Lauer, 61, sentenced to 11 years, 5 months for his role as attorney enabling the DC Solar Ponzi scheme in Eastern District of California.
Daniel Reeves White-Collar CrimeD. Edward Hays: The Beverly Hills Attorney Accused of Architecting a Bankruptcy Fraud Scheme
A federal RICO complaint accuses D. Edward Hays, a Beverly Hills attorney at Marshack Hays LLP, of orchestrating a bankruptcy fraud scheme that converted a Chapter 11 reorganization into a Chapter 7 liquidation, settled $75 million in claims for $200,000, and engineered a sale of the remaining estate claims to the very man accused of leading the criminal enterprise.
Catherine Bell White-Collar CrimeScott Carpenter Sued in Corrupt Organizations Scheme: The Newport Beach Attorney Accused of Weaponizing the Legal System
A federal RICO complaint accuses Newport Beach attorney Scott R. Carpenter of weaponizing the legal system itself -- seizing a company's bank account through fraudulent wire communications, forging stock certificates for a company that had no stock, assembling perjured declarations, and using the threat of deportation to coerce a settlement from a foreign-born entrepreneur.
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