White-Collar Crime
Lawyer charged in claimed scheme to launder nearly $1M in fraudulently obtained tax-refund checks
A Boston area lawyer who specializes in real estate closings has been indicted in a claimed conspiracy to launder nearly $1 million in fraudulently obtained federal tax-refund checks.
R. David Cohen, 63, is charged, along with an alleged co-conspirator, with depositing 152 checks totaling $993,677 into several bank accounts, starting in 2011, including his attorney trust account, reports the Boston Business Journal.
In addition to conspiracy, the indictment charges Cohen with conversion and receipt of stolen United States property. The article doesn’t include any comment from him or his legal counsel.
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Massachusetts provides further details.
