Lawyer indicted in connection with Refco collapse
Dec 19, 2007 | 08:23 AM
| Sean Barry
The former lawyer of Refco Inc. has been indicted by federal prosecutors for allegedly conspiring with executives of the defunct New York-based futures and commodities brokerage to commit fraud.
Joseph P. Collins, a partner in Mayer Brown LLP's Chicago office, faces charges of falsifying Refco's financial statements by hiding from auditors debt, which ballooned to more than $1 billion by January 2004, owed to Refco by a holding company that was partially owned by Refco's former chairman and chief executive officer, Phillip R. Bennett, according to the U.S.....
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