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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Jul. 9, 2010

Scam Artist Can't Claim Privilege

An appellate panel ruled that a man who used a bogus health insurance company to bilk $20 million cannot use attorney-client privilege to bar his lawyers from testifying against him.

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By John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A scam artist who ran a bogus health insurance company that bilked people out of $20 million in unpaid claims cannot use the attorney-client privilege to bar the company's lawyers from testifying against him, a federal appellate panel held Wednesday in a case out of Los Angeles.

The unanimous opinion by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel an...

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