Criminal Justice
Vegas Lawyer Accused of Making $9,500 Deposits to Evade Reporting Mandate
A federal indictment accuses a Las Vegas lawyer who once worked as a federal prosecutor of making a series of $9,500 cash deposits to evade federal reporting requirements.
The lawyer, Paul Wommer, is accused of making more than a dozen cash deposits totaling more than $100,000 in June and July, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas Legal News and the federal indictment (PDF posted by Las Vegas Legal News). Most deposits were for $9,500, although one was for $6,000 and another for $9,200.
Wommer is a former federal, state and county prosecutor, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
