Judge: 22 BP fraud charges against lawyer duplicate others
July 05, 2016 at 19:22 PM EDT
GULFPORT, Miss.— The 94- count fraud indictment against a Texas lawyer and six co-defendants could be shorter when trial begins on federal charges accusing them of inflating a client list for BP oil spill litigation. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. told government attorneys Tuesday that he believes 22 counts of aggravated identity theft cover the same...