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Renowned Miami Attorney Charged With Money Laundering

NBC 6 Miami Tue, 29 Jul 2008 5:24 AM PDT

MIAMI -- A renowned criminal lawyer who consulted on behalf of Colombian drug kingpin Fabio Ochoa Vazquez was indicted on money laundering and other charges related to Ochoa's case, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.

(more): http://www.nbc6.net/news/15242814/detail.html

By sloopskipper on Jul 29, 2008, 13:13 in Politics & the war.

tasco66 says on Jul 29, 2008, 14:21:

According to the report Al Gore was also a client of this lawyer.

Not being bound to swear to the dogmas of any master

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Joel y Luza says on Jul 29, 2008, 21:54:

Attorneys are dumb asses. The law clearly states that their clients can't pay legal services, (or post bail) with illegal gotten funds.If the attorney accepts cash from a client, and bypasses his trust account, he owes the government some time in a well guarded country club. Criminal defense attorneys do this all this time.

In Seattle a couple of attorneys had their duffle bag, in the coat closet, stuffed with twenties and fifties, payment for services they claimed. After 18 months in the crow bar hotel, they were disbarred. Last I heard, they were setting up drinks at Fado's Irish pub, and talking about, "back in the day... " and trying to pay their student loans with their tip money...

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