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360. Do the hustle

By Joel Jacobsen

Okay, here's a new one on me.  I wonder how long this sort of thing has been going on: Two Rhode Island lawyers, including the brother of Providence's mayor, and a co-conspirator were sentenced in U.S. District Court in Boston for conspiracy to obstruct justice, obstruction of justice and making false statements. ...The lawyers, plus a co-conspirator and a legal assistant, made an illegal deal with a couple who were facing drug trafficking charges in federal court in Boston. They promised to give the clients information they could pass along to the government to avoid prison if the couple paid them tens of thousands of dollars.Tens of thousands of dollars as in 10 tens of thousands, and then five more.  If only they had delivered with the information, they would have gotten away with it:The couple who were facing drug trafficking charges paid Bevilacqua and Giraldo $100,000, according to a statement from the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Judging Crimes on September 28, 2008 (boomark / email).