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Criminal

Feb. 1, 2011

SEC Accuses Lawyer of Cover-Up

A corporate transactions specialist at Greenberg Traurig LLP has been charged with doctoring financial documents to cover up a client's embezzlement of investor funds, the SEC announced Friday.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a former Greenberg Traurig LLP partner in Santa Monica with doctoring financial documents to cover up a client's embezzlement of investor funds, the commission announced Friday.


David M. Tamman allegedly altered memoranda involved in the offer and sale of securities issued by Beverly Hills-based NewPoint Financial Services, which r...

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