Texas Lawyer Charged in Vast Criminal Conspiracy Case
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A prominent Bellaire, Texas lawyer with a history in the criminal spotlight and four others were charged in a vast criminal conspiracy case involving allegations of tax evasion, witness tampering and obstruction of justice, and accusing them of barratry, or “ambulance chasing,” and unlawfully soliciting clients through recruiters, reports the Houston Chronicle.
Prosecutors say Jeffrey Stern, founding partner of a personal injury firm, led the scheme. Stern faces prosecution along with two personal injury lawyers, a legal aide and a clinic owner, writes the Chronicle‘s Gabrielle Banks.
He is charged with conspiring to defraud the government, willfully filing multiple false tax returns and aiding in the preparation of those returns.
