Law

Email scheme targets local lawyers

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Foreign scam artists tried to use a Richmond attorney and a Chesterfield dental supply office to pull off a clever con in December.

Richmond developer pleads guilty to fraud

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An embattled Richmond developer and landlord admitted in federal court that he orchestrated a multimillion-dollar historic tax credit fraud.

Law firm sues two former employees

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Two local lawyers who struck out on their own last spring are caught up in a legal feud with their former firm.

Local businessman found liable in fraud

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A Richmond businessman and two of his local firms were found liable last week in what the SEC called a $7 million fraud and Ponzi scheme.

Richmonder’s Ponzi scheme trial underway

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A Richmond businessman is on trial this week in Tennessee, more than two years after being accused of running an alleged $7 million Ponzi scheme through several of his local businesses.