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HEADLINE NEWS:
Imprisoned Lawyer Lerach Moves To Halfway House
Staff Writer
Reuters. October 14, 2009
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EXCERPT: William Lerach, a lawyer best known for winning settlements for Enron investors, has been moved to a California halfway house after serving most of a two-year prison sentence for a kickback scheme, according to U.S. Bureau of Prison records. Lerach, 63, was transferred to the facility a couple of months ago and is expected to be released on March 8, prison records said. He began his prison term in May 2008 at a Lompoc, California, facility and was moved to Stafford, Arizona, after offering a prison guard his San Diego Chargers season tickets. Lerach has a job at the halfway house and is eligible for furloughs, a source familiar with the situation said. […] Lerach pleaded guilty last year to a federal conspiracy charge in a plea deal that sent him to prison, stripped his state bar license and had him forfeit $8 million. […] Lerach won more than $7 billion in legal settlements for Enron investors after the energy trader's collapse. |
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