March 24, 2011

Lawyer Arrested for Laundering Money

How genuine is it that "Boston’s legal A-listers [were] floored by yesterday’s arrest of [attorney Robert A. George charged with laundering drug money] and stunned by the idea?" To them laundering money is different from selling or transporting drugs. Lawyers, bankers, ordinary people make that distinction every day. Surely the legal community is aware of that. It is hard to believe that A-listers (who makes that list?) are shocked by this arrest. What is shocking is that so few lawyers, bankers professionals are arrested for laundering money.

‘FINE LAWYER’: Attorney...
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‘FINE LAWYER’: Attorney Robert A. George was arrested yesterday at his home in Westwood by Drug Enforcement Administration agents on federal charges of laundering $225,000 in drug money.


http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011_0324hub_legal_peers_in_shock_over_top_attorneys_arrest/

Hub legal peers ‘in shock’ over top attorney’s arrest
By Laurel J. Sweet
Boston Herald
Thursday, March 24, 2011

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