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Article: Melvyn Weiss, Co-Founder of Milberg Weiss Law Firm, Indicted in Secret Kickback Scheme Involving Named Plaintiffs in Class-Action Lawsuits
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 20, 2007
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To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS
Contact: Thom Mrozek of the Office of United States Attorney
George S. Cardona, Central District of California, +1-213-894-6947
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Melvyn I. Weiss,
a co- founder of the New York-based Milberg Weiss law firm, was
indicted today by a federal grand jury for allegedly participating in
a scheme in which the firm paid millions of dollars in secret
kickbacks to several individuals in exchange for them serving as
named plaintiffs in more than 225 class-action and shareholder
derivative-action lawsuits that were filed across the United States.
The second superseding indictment returned today adds Weiss as a
defendant and ...