Judge: Firms’ Contingency Fees Were Reasonable; Woman Ordered To Pay Restitution

Mealey's (December 9, 2016, 11:24 AM EST) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal judge in New Mexico on Dec. 6 ordered a woman who pleaded guilty to disability insurance fraud and wire fraud to pay two beneficiaries of an estate more than $100,000 in restitution, finding that the contingency fees charged by a research firm and a law firm they hired to research where funds from their deceased father’s estate were located were acceptable under the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act (MVRA) (United States of America v. Juanita Roibal-Bradley, No. CR 15-3253, D. N.M.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168259)....

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