FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) âÄî A federal jury has convicted two disbarred lawyers accused of scamming their clients out of millions of dollars in a diet-drug settlement. It was the second trial for William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham. A federal jury in Covington last year was unable to reach a verdict for Gallion and Cunningham but acquitted a third defendant. Prosecutors charged Gallion and Cunningham with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and eight counts of wire fraud, claiming they bilked some 440 clients who claimed they had been hurt by the diet drug fen-phen. The case has earned attention both for the allegations of attorney misconduct and the complicated assets of the defendants, which include a 20 percent share of the thoroughbred Curlin being held in a trust.
Jury in diet-drug case convicts 2 attorneys
Prosecutors charged the two with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and eight counts of wire fraud.
Published April 3, 2009
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