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Miami Defense Attorney Indicted on Money Laundering Charges

By Brian Monroe

Correction Appended The indictment of prominent Miami attorney Ben Kuehne Thursday on money laundering and obstruction of justice charges elicited an outpouring of support from colleagues who say the charges are an attack on defense lawyers and attorney-client privilege. The U.S. Justice Department, in an indictment unsealed Thursday, accused Kuehne and two other individuals of helping to disguise the origin of more than $5 million in payments from a narcotics trafficker to his defense attorney, Roy Black. Under money laundering statutes, attorneys are forbidden to knowingly accept payments from criminal proceeds. Kuehne – whose clients have included former Vice President...

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