Another N.Y. Lawyer Censured After 60 Minutes Sting Report
Bloomberg Law reports that a second New York attorney caught in a money-laundering sting operation reported by 60 Minutes has received public censure.
The CBS program reported on an undercover probe by anticorruption advocacy group Global Witness in which lawyers in 13 different New York law firms met with an investigator posing as a German lawyer who represented a West African mining minister.
Even though the “minister” wanted to make some big purchases with money of questionable origin, only one lawyer immediately declined representation. Others were willing to discuss it and even offer suggestions, according to Bloomberg’s Martina Barash.
Read the Bloomberg Law article.
