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Civil Litigation,
Banking

Dec. 4, 2019

Suit filed against lawyers involved in $1.3B Woodbridge Ponzi scheme

The complaint alleges the 10 attorneys played a role in helping convince thousands to invest in a collection of “low-risk, high-yield” investment funds.

Suit filed against lawyers involved in $1.3B Woodbridge Ponzi scheme
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A trust representing more than 4,600 investors who lost their retirement and other savings in a $1.3 billion Ponzi scheme has sued lawyers from 10 firms, claiming they aided and abetted the scam and its orchestrator, former Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC CEO Robert H. Shapiro.

Filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the complaint named Richard H. Roberts of Halloran & Sage Government Affairs LLC in Connecticut; Sh...

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