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BEN KUEHNE INDICTED

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

BREAKING BLOG NEWSRumors have persisted for months and today the Miami Herald reportsHERE as breaking news that our respected colleague Ben Kuehne has been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for money laudering. He is surrendering in Federal Court today. The indictment stems from Kuehne's role in reviewing and vouching for the legitimacy of payments made by a Colombian citizen Fabio Ochoa to attorney Roy Black for representation in Miami for drug trafficking charges. From the Herald Article:Kuehne's research gave Black the confidence -- in the form of legal opinion letters -- to accept payments totaling $3.7 million in fees and $1.3 million in expenses from Ochoa, according to several sources. Kuehne earned a portion of the expense payments -- $220,000 to $260,000 -- from Black for vetting Ochoa's payments, sources said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on February 07, 2008 (boomark / email).