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	<title>Virginia Lawyers Weekly &#187; Fraud</title>
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		<title>Virginia lawyer admits guilt in business loan fraud&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/04/08/virginia-lawyer-admits-guilt-in-business-loan-fraud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Annandale attorney has pleaded guilty in connection with a fraud scheme that prosecutors say led to more than $100 million in losses in loans guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Seung E. Oh, who is licensed by the Virginia State Bar as Seung Oh Kang, pleaded guilty to money laundering and  bank fraud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel developer wins summary judgment on fraud count &#8211; $366,526 Verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/24/hotel-developer-wins-summary-judgment-on-fraud-count-366526-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and piercing the corporate veil suit by a hotel development company to recover an escrow deposit from a real estate brokerage firm that failed to return it. U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady entered summary judgment for plaintiff hotel development company. After a brief trial, the judge also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defendant lost attorney-client privilege by blaming lawyers&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/20/judge-criminal-defendant-lost-attorney-client-privilege-by-blaming-lawyers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Attorney-Client Privilege]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former Midlothian man fighting charges of tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud cannot claim attorney-client privilege to shield information in his former lawyers’ files, a federal judge in Richmond has ruled. The bankruptcy case of Arash Moazzeni was marked by finger-pointing and backbiting among Moazzeni and his lawyers in the face of evidence suggesting Moazzeni [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel broker hit for fees, punitives&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/19/hotel-broker-hit-for-fees-punitives/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/12/19/hotel-broker-hit-for-fees-punitives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Attorneys Fees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the face of apparent fraud and no defense, a Virginia federal judge has ordered a hotel brokerage and its owners to pay more than $173,000 in punitive damages, attorneys’ fees and costs to a hotel development company. The award against embattled Molinaro Koger Inc. of Vienna comes on top of a default judgment for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A courtroom sting: Lawyer ensnares defendant who altered checks&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/10/22/a-courtroom-sting-lawyer-ensnares-defendant-who-altered-checks/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/10/22/a-courtroom-sting-lawyer-ensnares-defendant-who-altered-checks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vieth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northampton County Circuit Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Doug Kahle had a problem. The Virginia Beach lawyer was taking his case to trial, but he wasn’t sure he could get in the evidence he needed to show a crooked contractor had deliberately fleeced his clients. Kahle was armed with stacks of copied cancelled checks he obtained from subpoenas to out-of-state banks. His problem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jury finds lender liable for civil fraud and tortious interference &#8211; $75,668 Verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/06/04/jury-finds-lender-liable-for-civil-fraud-and-tortious-interference-75668-verdict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quantum Money LLC was formed in 2009 by a novice real estate investor. The plaintiff identified an attractive investment property and applied for financing through Equity Development Corporation, which at the time was engaged in the business of &#8220;hard money&#8221; lending, or making &#8220;rehab loans&#8221; to investors who intended to purchase investment properties and sell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trust manager sues for fees, gets hit for $13M&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/03/26/trust-manager-sues-for-fees-gets-hit-for-13m/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/03/26/trust-manager-sues-for-fees-gets-hit-for-13m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alexandria Circuit Court]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An investment manager who sued to get his fees from two trusts not only lost his case, he was hit for more than $13 million on a counterclaim. After a six-day trial, an Alexandria jury found plaintiff John R. Erb liable for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud in his handling of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man posed as clinical psychologist in child sex abuse case &#8211; $15,400,000 Verdict&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/13/man-posed-as-clinical-psychologist-in-child-sex-abuse-case-15400000-verdict/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/13/man-posed-as-clinical-psychologist-in-child-sex-abuse-case-15400000-verdict/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Culpeper County Circuit Court]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge F. Ward Harkrader]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sexual abuse victim was 13 to 14 years old at the time of the sexual abuse against him by his 47-year-old “counselor,” James W. Davis, who was posing as a clinical psychologist. On two occasions during the course of the child’s supposed counseling, Davis touched and fondled the child’s genitals against the child’s will. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culpeper teen wins $15.4M verdict for sexual abuse&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/10/culpeper-teen-wins-15-4m-verdict-for-sexual-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/02/10/culpeper-teen-wins-15-4m-verdict-for-sexual-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Culpeper County Circuit Court]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Culpeper County jury has handed down a $15.4 million dollar verdict to a teenage boy who claimed he was sexually abused by a man posing as a clinical psychologist. The alleged abuse occurred in 2005 and 2006, when the boy was between the ages of 13 and 14, according to his attorney, J. Michael [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The faces of law firm financial impropriety&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/12/20/the-faces-of-law-firm-financial-impropriety/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/12/20/the-faces-of-law-firm-financial-impropriety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Poll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial fraud should, in theory, never be a concern for a law firm, where ethical considerations must predominate. After all, Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4 states clearly that “[i]t is professional misconduct for a lawyer to &#8230; commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer … [...]]]></description>
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