Six people have been charged with depositing stolen checks intended to pay court-appointed lawyers representing indigent defendants in federal cases in New York.
The charges are part of an ongoing investigation into "the widespread theft and depositing of checks" issued to people involved in the criminal justice system, according to a Feb. 7 press release by U.S. Attorney Breon Peace of the Eastern District of New York.
[
Collection
]
[
|
...
]