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Friday, June 15, 2007
Law - Several Kentucky fen-phen lawyers indicted
The ILB has a long list of entries on the Kentucky fen-phen scandal, dating back to the beginning of 2006, when a judge resigned "rather than face removal for allegedly profiting from a $200 million settlement involving the diet drug fen-phen."
Today Andrew Wolfson of the Louisville Courier Journal reports in a lengthy story:
A federal grand jury in Covington indicted Lexington attorneys Shirley Cunningham, Melbourne Mills Jr., and William Gallion on a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. If found guilty, they should pay restitution of $65 million, the grand jury said.If convicted, each could face up to 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.
No other defendants were named in the indictment. And attorneys for prominent Cincinnati lawyer Stan Chesley, who negotiated the $200 million diet-drug settlement in 2001, have said he is not a target of the investigation.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 15, 2007 08:02 AM
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