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Four felony guilty pleas, but Congress sees no evil
The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner Mar 21, 2008 3:00 AM (627 days ago)WASHINGTON Mel Weiss threw in the towel Thursday and copped a plea in the Justice Department’s prosecution of the firm that bore his name for decades. He and three former partners — William Lerach, David Bershad and Steven Schulman — were charged in 2006 with multiple felony counts in connection with an $11.7 million kickback scheme. The Justice Department said the scheme netted the firm at least $200 million in tainted fees in an estimated 150 securities class-action lawsuits against Fortune 500 and other companies beginning in 1979.
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