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Litigation

Oct. 12, 2011

FBI improperly searched office, ex-judge says

A former federal judge who now represents a developer at the center of a massive San Bernardino County government corruption scandal says FBI agents improperly searched his law office last month and lied about it.


By Jason W. Armstrong


Daily Journal Staff Writer


RIVERSIDE - A former federal judge who now represents a developer at the center of a massive San Bernardino County government corruption scandal says FBI agents improperly searched his law office last month and lied about it while investigating his client.


Stephen G. Larson, a partner at Arent Fox LLP, also accuses agents of wrongly executing "unconstitutionally overbroad" warrants in...

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